Are rights-based approaches helping (re)politicise development NGOs? Exploring the Spanish case

Belda‐Miquel, Sergio; Aristizábal, Alejandra Boni; Cuesta-Fernandez, Ivan; Peris, Jordi

doi:10.3828/idpr.2016.7

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“…This managerialisation of legislation is seen as part of a process of de-politicisation of equality (Junter y Sénac-Slawinski, 2010). It is in relation to it that some authors call for the re-politicisation of diversity (Belda-Miquel et al 2016;Chichizola, 2021).…”

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“…Therefore some authors point to a rights-based approach (RBA) to re-politicise rights (Belda-Miquel et al, 2016) and interculturality (Chichizola, 2021), in what we consider is a highly neo-liberal moment for education policies in general. Hence the interest to apply the 'rights-based approach' to social policy analysis, which guides 'on how to integrate human rights principles into (…) practice with the goal of developing long-and shortterm responses to current social issues that further human rights' (Gabel, 2016, p. 4), since it aims to directly overcome marginalization by more equitable sharing of resources and power (…) the success of policy or program interventions is measured against the progressive realization of human rights (…) such as working toward quality education for all children (Gabel, 2016, p. 5).…”

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confidence: 99%

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‘On Both Sides of the Strait’: Discourses and Policies on Cultural Diversity in Southern Mediterranean Spain

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This article aims to analyse the evolution, and current situation, of discourses and policies on cultural diversity in primary schools on both sides of Southern Mediterranean Spain around the Strait of Gibraltar (Andalusia, Murcia, Ceuta and Melilla). To do so, the methodology designed is based on two techniques: documentary analysis of secondary sources (regulations, statistics) and personal interviews with administrative and political personnel from the regional education administration (discourses). Based on the data analysed, the article shows how the arrival of students of foreign origin in the 1990s stimulated education policies of exogenous cultural diversity, whereas endogenous cultural diversity is inherent to historically multicultural societies (‘diversicracy’). The data lead to the conclusion that there is a need to re-politicise educational policy on cultural diversity to promote interculturality based on citizenship rights and social justice, for which a rights-based approach is particularly appropriate.

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‘On Both Sides of the Strait’: Discourses and Policies on Cultural Diversity in Southern Mediterranean Spain

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Rights-based approaches and Indigenous peoples and local communities: Findings from a literature review

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Prouchet,

Larson

2023

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This preliminary assessment of rights-based approaches (RBAs) seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussions of RBAs for Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPs and LCs). RBAs purposefully position the recognition of, respect for, and access to individual and collective rights as central to an initiative’s planning, design, implementation, process monitoring, and outcomes. In mainstream climate change, conservation, and development programs and policies, this means refocusing the relationship between “beneficiaries” and “implementers” to one of rights-holders and duty-bearers. RBAs hold growing discursive importance in relation to the rights of IPs and LCs in conservation and climate change spheres, including the agendas of international agencies. The growing interest in RBAs, and their inclusion in frameworks that will guide development, conservation, and climate projects over the next decade, is laudable. However, there are few reviews that seek to understand how RBAs emerged and how they have been conceptualized. Such analysis is a necessary basis from which to advance discussions on the impact of RBAs and provide lessons to support them. In this review, our primary interest is the conception, conceptualization, and implementation of RBAs in forest-based initiatives, but we reviewed the wider scholarly and gray literature on RBAs in development, conservation, and climate action initiatives.

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SDG Localisation and Decentralised Development Aid: Exploring Opposing Discourses and Practices in Valencia's Aid Sector

Belda‐Miquel

Aristizábal

Calabuig

2019

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

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The approval of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has generated intense debates in the aid sector at the global, national and subnational levels. A key question in these debates is whether these measures can address structural problems in development aid policies and practices, such as the lack of accountability and coherence, unequal power relations, or depoliticisation.It seems that this will depend on how the agenda is adopted in the various territories as well as on the different interests at play. We will address this question by studying the case of the Valencian Autonomous region. This is the region in Spain where institutions have been the most active in establishing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at the core of the political discourses and priorities.We follow a qualitative methodology based on semi-structured interviews with key respondents from the public, civil society and university sectors, participant observation, and the analysis of secondary information. Inspired by critical discourse analysis, we explore the varying and conflicting discourses regarding the potential of SDGs to address the problems that aid policies and practices have, and on the impacts that the adoption of SDGs are producing. We illustrate that the introduction of SDGs in aid policies is a conflictive process modelled by the power dynamics at play.

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Are rights-based approaches helping (re)politicise development NGOs? Exploring the Spanish case

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References 19 publications

‘On Both Sides of the Strait’: Discourses and Policies on Cultural Diversity in Southern Mediterranean Spain

‘On Both Sides of the Strait’: Discourses and Policies on Cultural Diversity in Southern Mediterranean Spain

Rights-based approaches and Indigenous peoples and local communities: Findings from a literature review

SDG Localisation and Decentralised Development Aid: Exploring Opposing Discourses and Practices in Valencia's Aid Sector

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