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Justice is denied when power is used to exploit and oppress. Through advocacy, World Vision seeks to strengthen people’s voices in response to injustices that either cause or contribute to their poverty.
World Vision engages in advocacy with the belief that unless we tackle the root causes of problems --which are often connected to unjust systems and structures –- change will not last or be truly transformational.
Our advocacy is done through research, lobbying, public campaigning and other actions to influence decision-makers, raise public awareness, mobilize social action and change unjust policies and laws. Across Africa, World Vision is engaged with policymakers and publics to build awareness around poverty and to address the unjust systems that help perpetuate it. We also seek to influence positive changes in social behaviours and attitudes, with special emphasis given to child rights, poverty, conflict resolution, HIV and AIDS.
Just as importantly, we seek to enable the poor to undertake advocacy and press for changes for themselves, their families and communities.
Key advocacy issues in Africa include: improving child access to quality healthcare; ending discrimination of orphans and vulnerable children (including those affected by HIV and AIDS); ending violence and ensuring child protection; and seeking an end to harmful traditional practices like female circumcision.
To work for a just world requires advocacy for justice at all levels. Justice can be obtained through courts, international bodies, laws and conventions –- or it can be denied in them.
World Vision believes that justice is a God-given right for every person, at every level of life. We undertake advocacy towards that end.
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