1. Date: April 29, 2014 Nicole Jovicevic Fieldwork Ethics and Comparative Research Methods Noam Schimmel
Strategies for Promoting Student
Engagement in Human Rights
Understanding how the implementation of Human Rights campaigns to engage youth are affected by
history, what incentives, inspiration and motivation current youth leaders have for their involvement, and
what reforms should be made to continue and increase student involvement.
2. How does the practical aspect of engaging youth in Human
Rights through Amnesty play out on the ground, and how
have the methods so far been effective or ineffective within
the context they function in? How can we move forward in
an educated way?
The Transformed Question
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The Outline
✤ Implementation
✤ history, campaigns, basic
structure, creative strategies
✤ Incentives, Inspiration and
Motivation
✤ unique appeals and incentives
✤ Reforms
5. History and Campaigns
✤ Nepal: political neutrality, a means of making change
in chaos, health and gender issues, youth education
and information, no Sri Lanka issues
✤ Jordan: monarchy, arab spring, moving forward,
monetary help and volunteerism
✤ Chile: Pinochet protests, joyful protests, editing the
constitution, sexual minorities, within Latin America,
My Body My Rights
6. Basic Structures
✤ 50 member minimum requirement
✤ Set out leadership positions
✤ Multitudes of trainings
✤ Incorporation of university
requirements
✤ Activism group, specific topic
groups, cyber activists, specialists
group, and the activist network
✤ Get Members
✤ Advertise, advertise, advertise
✤ Organize Trainings
✤ 2-3 campaign based
✤ 1-2 leadership based
✤ Events and Meetings
✤ 3 signature campaigns
✤ 1 letter writing
✤ 3-4 out of the box ideas
11. Unique Appeals and Incentives
✤ Credibility and familiarity
✤ Multiplying voices
✤ Shared funding
✤ Letter writing
✤ Leadership opportunities
✤ Clear roles and responsibilities
✤THE FAMNESTY!!
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Reforms
✤ Amnesty Chile University Movement
✤ internships and positions
✤ International Youth Skype Partnerships
✤ Specific outlines of mission and
responsibilities for student groups
✤ Partnering with high schools
✤ Focus on monetary members equally
✤ Balance of international and local
campaigns
13. AIUSA LGBT Human Rights Coordination Group. 2014 Pride Toolkit. Online. Accessed April 19,
2014.
Akramawi, Rima. Interviewed by author. Written notes. Amman, Jordan. March 25, 2014.
Alhaija, Hala abu, Amani Aloutom, Razan al Radaydh, Mohamed Anan, Roqaya Smadi, and
Raed Mo’ad. Interviwed by author. Written notes. Irbid, Jordan. March 27, 2014.
Aloun, Dema. Interviewed by author. Written notes. Amman, Jordan. March 25, 2014.
Alywin, Sebastian. “Comparative Discussion on Student Activism.” Lecture, Q&A, and interview
by IHP Human Rights class and author. Written notes. Santiago, Chile. April 04, 2014.
Amnesty International (2014). My Body My Rights Research Report Launch.
Auerbach, Elise. E-mail message to author. April 07, 2014.
Bertschik, Sara. Interviewed by author. Tape recording. Santiago, Chile. April 06, 2014.
Budhathoki, Roshan. Interviewed by author. Tape recording. Kathmandu, Nepal. February 14,
2014.
Carmona, Pamela. Interviewed by author. Written notes. Santiago, Chile. Monday 21, 2014.
Jones, Mary. Interviewed by author. Written notes. New York, New York. January 20, 2014.
Joshi, Amir, Nirajan Kumar Piya, Dhiraj Neupane, and Ramesh Tiwari. Interviewed by author.
Tape recording. Kathmandu, Nepal. February 21, 2014.
Kinns, Tricia. Interviewed by author. Written notes. New York, New York. January 27, 2014.
Msallam, Rami. Interviewed by author. Written responses. Amman, Jordan. March 16, 2014.
Mulmi, Rajendra. “Search for Common Ground.” Lecture and Q&A Session, SIT Human Rights
International Honors Program, Kathmandu, Nepal. February 17, 2014.
Regmi, Dwaipayan and Smjhana Gisi. Interviewed by author. Tape recording. Kathmandu,
Nepal. February 15, 2014.
Sepulveda, Monse Das. Interviwed by author. Written notes. Santiago, Chile. April 04, 2014.
Sherpa, Pasang, Amir Joshi, Dwaipayan Regmi, Ankur Poudel, Jayanti Joshi, Rejendra Konga,
Apekshya Niraula, Rashmita Limtu, Sujog Giri, and Jamil Alexander Balga. Interviwed
by author. Written notes. Kathmandu, Nepal. February 20, 2014.
Sherpa, Pasang. Interviewed by author. Written notes. Kathmandu, Nepal. February 20th, 2014.
Various staff members. “Blue Diamond Society of Nepal.” Lecture and Q&A Session, SIT
Human Rights International Honors Program, Kathmandu, Nepal. February 18, 2014.
“Picnic por la diversidad,” photograph, February 17, 2014, property of Amnistia Internacional -
Chile, https://www.facebook.com/126170624336/photos/pb.
126170624336.-2207520000.1398740502./10152202658014337/?type=3&theater.
“chile-educacion-estudiantes-se-inspiran-en-thriller-y-marchan-por-una-mejor-educacion-
publica-00$599x0,” photograph, January 03, 2012, property of El Ciudadano, http:/
/www.elciudadano.cl/2012/01/03/46537/lo-que-nos-dejo-2011-muchas-y-diversas-formas-de-
protestar/.
“Acto cultural ‘Enciende una luz,’” photograph, December 16, 2013, property of Amnistia
Internacional - Chile, https://www.facebook.com/126170624336/photos/pb.
126170624336.-2207520000.1398741007./10152063826199337/?type=3&theater.
“Posed Violence at Yarmouk University,” photograph, February 24, 2014, downloaded from Amani
Adnan Atoum, https://www.facebook.com/hala.abualhaijaa.1/media_set?set=a.
614322391974926.1073741838.100001915137741&type=3.
“Say NO to the Death Penalty,” photograph, October 10, 2013, property of Amnesty International -
Kathmandu University, downloaded from Amir Joshi.
“Lighting candles in memory of disappeared people,” photograph, August 30, 2013, property of
Saint Joseph Youth Network, downloaded from Roshan Budhathoki.
“My Body My Rights Campaign Photo,” photograph, 2013, property of Amnesty International -
Kathmandu University, downloaded from Amir Joshi.
“Demanding the Nepal Government for the search of the disappeared through aerial art,”
photograph, August 30, 2013, property of Saint Joseph Youth Network, downloaded from
Roshan Budhathoki.
“Flower Distribution Program,” photograph, 2013, property of Amnesty International - Kathmandu
University, downloaded from Amir Joshi.
“My Body My Rights Campaign Photo - Save Humanity,” photograph, 2013, property of Amnesty
International - Kathmandu University, downloaded from Amir Joshi.
“Student lying in the grass,” photograph, February 2013, property of Rampur Youth Netowrk, http://
rampurnetwork.blogspot.com/2013/02/run-for-rights-marathon-of-hope.html.
“Amnesty USA Roman Cieslewicz Poster,” poster, 1977, poster by Amnesty International USA,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amnestydeutschland/5506180262/.
“Amnesty Broken Glass T-shirt Design,” t-shirt design, 2011, property of Amnesty International
USA, http://blog.designcrowd.com/article/344/10-big-brands-crowdsourcing-on-designcrowd.
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