Evaluating Human Rights Advocacy on Criminal Justice and Sex Work

Between October 2011 and September 2013, we conducted research on the use, by police and/or prosecutors, of condom possession as evidence of intent to engage in prostitution-related offenses. We studied the practice in five large, geographically diverse cities in the U.S. To facilitate ouradvocacy on this issue, conducted concurrent to and following our research, we developed an advocacy framework consisting of six dimensions: (1) raising awareness, (2) building and engaging coalitions, (3) framing debate, (4) securing rhetorical commitments, (5) reforming law and policy, and (6) changing practice. Using a case study approach, we describe how this framework also provided a basis for the evaluation of our work, and discuss additional considerations and values related to the measurement and evaluation of human rights advocacy.

Full article at:  http://goo.gl/7OWk9v

By: Amon J1, Wurth M2, McLemore M3.

• 1Director of the health and human rights division at Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, USA.
• 2Researcher in the children's rights division at Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, USA.
• 3Senior researcher in the health and human rights division at Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, USA. 

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