Civil Society Advocating for Change: Education in Latin America

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

This panel offers new research on the advocacy strategies of civil society organizations dedicated to the right to education for children and youth. Four case studies analyze different advocacy strategies currently being pursued: Mexicanos Primero’s demands for accountability focusing on public resources earmarked for public education; an organization working with vulnerable children and youth and how it strengthens its organizational capacity, autonomy and sustainability; the relationship between student movements’ and students’ demands and discourses on market-oriented policies that prevail in Chilean education; and NGO Diplomacies involving non-governmental actors’ transnational decision-making in global politics and local-global interactions. The aim is to develop these presentations for an edited collection in English on the topic.

Sub Track

• Civil Society and Social Movements

Session Organizers

• Constanza E Lafuente, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Regina Cortina, Columbia University

Chair

• Constanza E Lafuente, Teachers College, Columbia University

Individual Presentations

• The Accountability Practices of an Advocacy Organization: The Case of Mexicanos Primero. - Regina Cortina, Columbia University

• Advocacy for Street Children and Youth: The IPODERAC Case - Miguel A De La Vega, Sustenta Ciudadanía

• Chilean Student Movements and Civil Society Organizations: The Collective Struggles to Transform a Market-oriented Educational System - Cristian Bellei, University of Chile

• NGO Diplomacies and Transnational Activism: The Case of Equipo Pueblo in Mexico - Antonio Alejo Jaime, Universtiy Erasmus of Rotterdam

Discussant

• Antoni Verger Planells