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IntroductionEnhancing human capital through Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) strategy, and social entrepreneurship approach, strategically intends to improve knowledge, skills, and practice at the individual and community level. Grounded in human capital theory, the intervention aimed on building the capabilities of women participants to influence Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) outcomes. Community education and stakeholder engagement played a crucial role in strengthening local capabilities and fostering sustainable WASH behaviors. Furthermore, the WASH-based program and stakeholder engagement process have the potential to reduce the risk of infection from waterborne diseases and enhance prevention and control measures within the village community.MethodologyThe study intends to measure the influence of human capital and stakeholder engagement interventions on elevating WASH knowledge, attitude, and practice among women participants. The sample size consists of women participants (N = 110) in the 20–50-year-old age group (Mean = 42.78, SD = 13.98). All the head women participants of the 110 households selected for the study kept village development as a prime focus.ResultsSignificant improvement was observed in the outcome status of the knowledge level of women in water, sanitation, and hygiene compared to their baseline status (M = 2.36, SD = 0.631, df = 109, t = 43.792, p < 0.01). A significant increase was observed in the outcome status of the attitude of women toward water, sanitation, and hygiene (M = 16.55, SD = 1.640, df = 109, t =19.755, p < 0.01). In the practice domain of WASH, the women participants showed a significant increase in the outcome status compared to their baseline status (M = 1.29, SD = 0.580, df = 109, t = 17.881, p < 0.01).ConclusionHuman capital building, social behavior change and communication strategy, stakeholder engagement and social entrepreneurship approach create a conducive environment for sustainable community development.

Discussion questions developed by the authors can be found here. In the face of globalization’s massive social and economic transformations and the resulting persistent inequality, activists, labor organizers, and advocacy NGOs are seeking and creating change beyond the confines of formal state politics and across national borders. Given the breadth of local issues activists face, the ways they define the problem and seek redress vary widely. This book provides a unique perspective on these efforts, gathering into one volume concrete examples of the implementation of different strategies for social change that highlight the challenges involved. This provides useful lessons for those involved in social change, as well as for those studying it. Contributors to the volume are scholars and practitioners around the world, and they draw on strong connections with people working in the field to improve working conditions and environmental standards of global production systems. This allows readers to develop a more comprehensive and grounded understanding of strategies for social change. This book maintains a strong balance between breadth and specificity. It provides an overview of the themes of social change, which contextualizes and draws common threads from the chapters grounded in specific geographic locations and political spaces of change. The chapters analyze environmental and social problems and the varying degrees of success activists have had in regulating industries, containing environmental hazards, and/or harnessing aspects of an industry for positive social and economic change. Contributors draw upon different ways of creating change, which include corporate social responsibility schemes, fair trade regimes, and community radio. By providing insight into the potential and limitations of actions taken at different levels, the book encourages a critical perspective on efforts for social change, grounded in an understanding of how conditions around the world can affect these activities.

Preface 1. Feminist Therapy: Roots and Branches 2. Feminist Therapy: A Social and Individual Change Model 3. Ethics and Values in Feminist Counseling and Psychology 4. The Importance of Gender 5. Mental Health and Diagnosis in the Context of Feminist Therapy 6. Feminist Conceptualization 7. Establishing and Maintaining the Egalitarian Relationship 8. Gender Role and Power Analysis 9. Social Change and Empowerment 10. Feminist Therapy in Practice 11. Critical Cases Studies About the Authors

This chapter discusses the proposition that development programmes may not place sufficient value on the use of strategic communication, and instead focus on information and awareness campaigns that offer no guarantee of effective change. The chapter seeks to emphasise the importance of strategic communication when applied to behavioural change and effective social change. To this end, certain fundamental concepts will be revisited, such as communication for development and social change and its capacity to embed strategic thinking. Furthermore, we will try to understand the essentials of participatory communication, social marketing, and behavioural sciences, as disciplines to be convened in communication strategies for social change. Assuming that any act of communication of development programmes aims to influence attitudes and behaviours that will foster better living conditions for communities or a more sustainable future, communication should be viewed less as an isolated task and more as a tool to promote effective change. It is not sufficient to launch information campaigns or create awareness about a specific topic. It is necessary to identify what kind of reaction is intended and set corresponding behavioural objectives. Setting concrete, delimited, and measurable objectives is one of the mandatory variables of strategic communication planning in many fields and must underpin social change strategies. Strategic communication is also characterised by the attention given to situation analysis, making it possible to obtain objective data and an overview of the context, in order to support strategic decisions. This is a traditional practice in activities that are pursued by private organisations and should always remain top of mind in contexts of societal development. Strategic communication must also increase interdisciplinarity, as has been pointed out by academic experts. Revisiting the associated arguments inspires us to create a strategic communication matrix for social change, based on a cross-disciplinary perspective. As an ultimate goal, this chapter defends the transposition, with the necessary adaptations, of consolidated practices in other field, to the arena of social change. On this basis, a working model will be proposed that articulates the contributions of the various aforementioned disciplines to be adopted, for instance, in the communication strategies of sustainable development goals.

Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropic Strategy (HSG 2006)

Lawyering for Social Change: The Power of the Narrative in Domestic Violence Law Reform

Prior work has shown that the experience of group-based emotions can motivate disadvantaged group members to engage in collective action. In the current research, we tested whether such action can also be driven by the motivation to induce certain emotions among the outgroup to the extent that disadvantaged group members believe this would help them attain their social change goals. We tested this hypothesis in three studies (two correlational and one experimental) within the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Study 1 showed that individuals’ motivation to induce outgroup regret was associated with nonviolent collective action tendencies, whereas the motivation to induce outgroup fear was related to violent action. Study 2 moved beyond Study 1 by assessing corrective and punitive goals of social change. We found that preferences for inducing outgroup regret mediated the relationship between endorsement of corrective goals and nonviolent action tendencies, whereas preferences for outgroup fear mediated the relationship between punitive goals and violent action. Study 3 provided experimental support for the causal effect of goals on emotion motivations and collective action tendencies. Together, our findings are in line with the notion of instrumental emotion regulation as applied to collective action.

From the mid-1960s until the end of the 1970s, knowledge utilization was a framing concept for policy research on dissemination and social change in the U.S. The 1980s were a hiatus in the development of dissemination and social change strategies, but the present domestic refocusing of national policy brings knowledge utilization once again to the forefront. The communication technologies used in knowledge utilization programs of the 1960s and 1970s consisted of analog media such as printed materials and video. The technologies used in knowledge utilization programs of the 1990s will include several digital media such as ISDN, online search services, e-mail, facsimile, and CD-ROM. The sweeping claims made for digital media today are similar to those made for analog media 20 years ago, when in fact the analog media played only a secondary role to the prime movers of social networks and personal influence. Some properties of digital media such as asynchronicity and transformability will meet previously unmet needs in knowledge utilization. The challenge of matching specific communication technologies to phases and functions of knowledge utilization is renewed by the present mix of analog and digital media. Reasons why communication technologies succeed range from “meets an important need” to “avoids the technophobic pitfalls of deskilling, destatusing, undue technological literacy, and inhibition of human contact.” © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An Innovative Approach to Movement Lawyering: The Immigrant Rights Case Study

General Background: Islamophobia has intensified in the digital era as social media accelerates the spread of negative narratives about Islam and Muslims. Specific Background: In response, Onepath Networks—an Australian-based Islamic media organization—actively counters misinformation through targeted digital communication strategies. Knowledge Gap: Existing studies rarely provide a focused examination of how a single Islamic media institution systematically constructs counter-narratives across social platforms. Aims: This study analyzes Onepath Networks’ use of educational, humanistic, and phenomenological content on YouTube and Instagram to combat Islamophobia. Results: The findings indicate that storytelling techniques, personal narratives, and peace-oriented messaging effectively reduce bias by humanizing Muslim identities and fostering intercultural understanding. Novelty: This research offers a case-specific analysis that demonstrates how a faith-driven digital media organization operationalizes counter-Islamophobia strategies beyond general social media activism. Implications: The study highlights the potential of well-designed digital communication strategies to dismantle stereotypes, strengthen inclusive discourse, and guide future media-based efforts against Islamophobia. Highlights: Analyzes Onepath Networks’ strategic use of YouTube and Instagram to counter Islamophobia. Highlights phenomenological storytelling and personal narratives to humanize Muslim identities. Shows how structured digital communication can reshape public perceptions and foster intercultural understanding. Keywords: Islamophobia, Social Media, Onepath Networks, Communication Strategies, Digital Counter-Narratives

BackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue that affects 1 in 3 women globally and a similarly large number of women in Nepal. Over the past decade, important policy and programmatic steps have been taken to address violence against women in Nepal. There remains a dearth of evidence on the effectiveness of primary violence prevention strategies. The Change Starts at Home study begins to fill this gap by utilizing a multi-component social behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy involving a radio drama and community mobilization to shift attitudes, norms and behaviours that underpin IPV perpetration in Nepal.Methods/DesignThe study uses a concurrent mixed-methods design. The quantitative aspect of the evaluation is a pair-matched, repeated cross-sectional 2-armed, single-blinded cluster trial (RCT: N = 36 clusters, 1440 individuals), comparing a social behaviour change communication (SBCC) strategy to radio programming alone for its impact on physical and / or sexual IPV at the end of programming (12 months’ post-baseline) and 6-months post the cessation of project activities (18-months post baseline). The qualitative aspects of the design include several longitudinal approaches to understand the impact of the intervention and to examine mechanisms of change including in-depth interviews with participants (N = 18 couples), and focus group discussions with community leaders (N = 3 groups), and family members of participants (N = 12 groups). Treatment effects will be estimated with generalized logistic mixed models specified to compare differences in primary outcome from baseline to 12-month follow-up, and baseline to 18-months follow-up in accordance with intention-to-treat principles.DiscussionThe study rigorously evaluates the effectiveness of a promising strategy to prevent IPV. The results of the trial will be immediately useful for governmental, nongovernmental, and donor funded programs targeting partner violence or social norms that underpin it. Findings of the study will also contribute to global knowledge on the effectiveness of media and community engagement as a primary prevention strategy for IPV.Trial registrationTrial was registered in clinicaltrials.gov, NCT02942433, 10/13/2016, retrospectively registered.

Farmers markets are much more than places to buy produce. According to advocates for sustainable food systems, they are also places to vote with your fork for environmental protection, vibrant communities, and strong local economies. Farmers markets have become essential to the movement for food-system reform and are a shining example of a growing green economy where consumers can shop their way to social change. Black, White, and Green brings new energy to this topic by exploring dimensions of race and class as they relate to farmers markets and the green economy. With a focus on two Bay Area markets--one in the primarily white neighborhood of North Berkeley, and the other in largely black West Oakland--Alison Hope Alkon investigates the possibilities for social and environmental change embodied by farmers markets and the green economy. Drawing on ethnographic and historical sources, Alkon describes the meanings that farmers market managers, vendors, and consumers attribute to the buying and selling of local organic food, and the ways that those meanings are raced and classed. She mobilizes this research to understand how the green economy fosters visions of social change that are compatible with economic growth while marginalizing those that are not. Black, White, and Green is one of the first books to carefully theorize the green economy, to examine the racial dynamics of food politics, and to approach issues of food access from an environmental-justice perspective. In a practical sense, Alkon offers an empathetic critique of a newly popular strategy for social change, highlighting both its strengths and limitations.

Through university-community-school partnerships, stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, mixed status, and social classes come together in authentic relationships focused on shared goals of educational reform and social change (Ball, 2005; Burbank & Hunter, 2010; Hunter, Munro, Dunn, & Olsen, 2009). Within these relationships, institutions of higher education have the opportunity to extend their power and privilege and invest their resources in models that can connect youth and families of immigrant and refugee backgrounds, individuals who are unable to gain U.S. documentation, and first generation families directly to policy makers. Important steps towards educational equity and social justice can be accomplished by centering the voice of minoritized communities to provoke action for a more just distribution of resources and dignity (Checkoway & Richards-Schuster, 2004). This chapter presents three examples of the impact of higher education-community partnerships that foster social justice for multiethnic immigrants, families with refugee backgrounds, and first generation youth.

PurposeEmpowerment describes the processes of how to gain and increase autonomy and self‐determination in one's own environment. Typical examples for empowerment processes can be found in: citizen's initiatives, human rights movements, and other social movements or self help groups. This paper shows that empowerment processes have to be understood as “knowledge processes”. A link between empowerment and the methods of knowledge management will be established. It is inspired by Heinz von Foersters ideas of self‐regulated processes in nervous systems.Design/methodology/approachIn a first step the concept of empowerment will be presented. Secondly, it will be shown which role knowledge is playing in this context. In the last part practical implications of these considerations will be discussed.FindingsThe motivation for engaging in civil society issues is heavily dependent on personal knowledge and on the abilities to access knowledge resources. A constructivist paradigm turns out to be fertile. Discovering one's own strengths, constructing solutions, testing them in the personal context and environment, as well as reflecting these processes are the starting points for developing a constructivist perspective on empowerment processes.Practical implicationsCoaching empowerment processes in a knowledge‐oriented framework can focus on the construction of personal strength, can create space for experimental action and also for reflecting on social and political processes. This provides opportunities for exchange of experiences and fosters second‐order views.Originality/valueH.v.Foerster's concepts on change and autonomy are the foundation for this constructivist approach to empowerment. This could be a helpful approach for supporting affected people in every empowerment process.

The Neo-Confucians in the North Song dynasty pursued the GreatDaoin Confucian Classics and conceptualized it as the highest rational principle and cultural spirit, which is known asTiandao天道 (the Heavenly Law) orTianli天理 (the Heavenly Principle), so as to restrain imperial authority and to provide guidance for political and economic decision-making.1 This was one of the fundamental reasons for the revival of Confucianism in the North Song period. Confucianism has a profound historical and cultural consciousness; it acknowledges the reasons for the changing nature of human social life, and it discourages people from abandoning this worldly life for a heavenly paradise. InYijing(The Book of Changes), the emphasis on the idea ofSheng Sheng生生 (ceaseless/creative creativity), morality and social norms coincides with the ethos of Confucianism. The Confucians’ effort in interpretingYijingcontributed to he revival of Confucianism in the North Song dynasty. By outlining the blueprint of an ideal world, they hoped to bring social development back on track. As a result, they had in-depth discussions on a number of philosophical questions, such as the end goal of history, social structure, social change, momentum, and laws of historical development. The neo-Confucianism in the North Song dynasty can be regarded as including a philosophy of history.