| SAFP’s core strengths lie in its advocacy work and networking skills. SAFP recognizes that effective reform comes about as part of a two-way process, both from the bottom-up, as well as top-down. Firstly, grassroots initiatives should promote local ownership and decision-making. This should create the climate for force policy changes at the state, national and ultimately international level. However, at the same time, it is also necessary to engage with international institutions and civil society to promote women and land rights, in order to sustain pressure on governments from both directions. SAFP work began with the advocacy to include programmatic interventions in favour of women’s livelihood and land rights in the Beijing+10 review process. This brought together five networks and 35 organisations in India to think together on the issue. Acknowledging their long standing work and building a common opportunity to focus on women and land rights, Sathi worked with some of these groups through workshop and documentation support. |
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 It now promotes women’s resource right agenda and development of women resource zones for which pilots need to be started by the government.
On DMI SAFP is working on a program concept called Aditha that seeks training volunteers and paid workers to assist the recovery of a person with disabling mental illness. Sathi has been involved at the international level through active participation in meetings with UN agencies and their forums such as WUF of UN Habitat, UNCSW, UNIFEM and UNDP. It is also playing a role in encouraging Asian governments to recognize the importance of this issue through continuous advocacy work.
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