Campaigning & Advocacy Case Studies
These case studies are in the Campaigning & Advocacy How-to Guide. They are listed here for your convenience. Each case study is of a successful campaign or advocacy, chosen for relevance to the New Zealand community.
- Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA)
- ACYA advocates for children and young people, in particular on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children.
- Australian Case Studies
- The best website for campaign case studies is The Change Agency from Australia. These are environmental campaigns in the broadest sense from nature conservation to transport and food campaigns. This link takes you to the list of case studies (all PDF files).
- Poverty and Advocacy: The Gisborne Impact Story
- An action research report on Te Tairawhiti Special Benefit Impact October 2003, by Catherine Delahunty of Kotare Research and Education for Social Change Trust.
- Campaign against loan sharks
- ACORN (Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now - www.acorn.org) in the United States has been leading a successful campaign against predatory loan sharks who target low income people. Similar problems with loan companies occur in New Zealand.
- Maori Activism
- Some of the longest running campaigns in New Zealand have been led by Maori, campaigning against injustices from breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.
- On-line campaigning
- Here are some examples of successful use of on-line strategies assisting campaigns in the United States.