Advocacy is about taking action to create change. Advocacy can be aimed at the state or government to enact laws and policy change. It can also transform social norms and foster supportive contexts for policy implementation.
Advocacy can be used to:
- Influence decision-makers
- Eliminate harmful and discriminatory laws and policies
- Mobilize towards the enactment of progressive, rights-based laws and policies
- Hold governments accountable to their human rights obligations
- Amplify voices that are often marginalized in public discourse
- Raise awareness of particular issues
- Strengthen connections within and among social movements
 | Advocating for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights:A Toolkit on Provincial and Territorial Lobbying and Advocacy in Canada. We have created this guide to support local organizations and activists in advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) policies at the provincial and territorial levels in Canada. |
This toolkit was developed with support from LeBlanc & (co.) Communications.