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Stepping Into the Fight: Legal Advocacy for Funders and Nonprofits
Legal advocacy – also known as advocacy through the courts – uses the judicial system to advance social change goals. This is often done through bringing forward a legal case in court that focuses on improving a situation for a particular group of disadvantaged people.…
Resource type: Research Report
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Free Legal Advice Centres
The Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), acting on behalf of Dr. Lydia Foy, successfully challenged the Irish Government’s refusal to allow transgendered people to alter their birth certificates to accurately reflect their new identities. Learn more at http://atlanticphilanthropies.org/design/atlantic/flash/annualreport/index.html The Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), acting…
Resource type: Video
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A Case Study in Policy Entrepreneurship: The Centre for Disability Law & Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway
Source: Susan Parker
Carefully researched studies are essential for advocates to make persuasive arguments to legislators and for policymakers to make informed decisions. But too often academic research is disconnected from the real world concerns of those who make or wish to influence policy. The Centre for Disability…
Resource type: Research Report
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Musina Legal Advice Office
The United Reform Church in Musina, South Africa, has provided a safe haven for refugees coming into the country from Zimbabwe. Most of the women refugees there were either tortured by Zimbabwean security forces or raped while crossing the border, and the church provided them…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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South African Civil Society and Xenophobia
Source: Strategy & Tactics
This comprehensive 500-page report, coordinated by Strategy & Tactics, was written by some of South Africa’s leading social and political scientists as well as civil society activists. The report analyses the conditions that allowed xenophobic violence to erupt in South Africa in May 2008, leaving…
Resource type: Research Report
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change: Case Studies and Briefs on Legal Advocacy
Source: Ursula Kilkelly, Laura Lundy and Angela Matthews
This collection of short case studies and briefs provides insights into how Atlantic grantees used the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Drawn from a longer report summarized here, the case studies and briefs cover work of Atlantic’s…
Resource type: Case Study
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The Isivivana Centre
The Isivivana Centre is a social justice and community center in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built to house activist organizations, including many Atlantic grantees. Members of the local community can also access the library, watch films in the cinema or visit the free…
Resource type: Video
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The Centre for Effective Services’ Library
The Centre for Effective Services’ online library offers a variety of resources. Learn more > The Centre for Effective Services’ (CES) online library makes available a great quantity of relevant, usable evidence for policy makers, service commissioners, providers and practitioners. CES has served as Atlantic’s long-time partner…
Resource type: Research Report
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St. James’s Hospital Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, Dublin, Ireland
The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James ‘s Hospital in Dublin is an example of a capital investment that went beyond mere construction. Atlantic offered the hospital a matching grant of €2.7 million over five years in 2004 enabling the hospital to obtain a long-sought…
Resource type: Video
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Isivivana Centre, Khayelitsha — a home for activists campaigning for social justice
Source: Chronicle Digital
The new Isivivana Centre, a project of the Khayelitsha Youth and Community Centre Trust in South Africa, has its official opening Thursday, October 13. The center will house a collection of activist organizations, including many Atlantic grantees. Here are the nongovernmental organizations that operate out of the…
Resource type: Video
