Training
USHRN Skill Building and Training Call on Program Evaluation for Human Rights Advocates
Thursday, July 30, 2:00 pm EST
Evaluation of advocacy work can be very valuable to advocates, especially in communicating achievements to funders. While evaluating this type of work can be challenging, there are strategies that begin to address the unique and flexible nature of advocacy campaigns. Join Innovation Network for a presentation that will introduce Advocacy Evaluation concepts and data collection methods and then point listeners to further resources. This presentation is a condensed version of the 2007 US Human Rights Network conference session on Advocacy Evaluation.
Presenter:
Myia Welsh
Myia is a member of Innovation Network's consulting and training team. As an Associate, she serves as a team member on several Innovation Network projects, including work with Capital One, the U.S. Human Rights Fund, the Washington Area Women's Foundation, and the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest ("CLPI").
Before coming to Innovation Network, Myia worked for Women Work!, where she managed the overall development and advocacy efforts of 20 state coalitions. Additionally, Myia has worked with the Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention & Treatment Board's Quality Assurance department in monitoring the services
of domestic violence programs across Michigan; and with the University of Michigan's Michigan Family Study as a Data Manager.
Myia holds an MSW in Program Evaluation and Social Policy from the University of Michigan and a BA in Social Work from the University of Toledo.
Please register for this training online here.
US Human Rights Network Membership Skill Building and Training Conference Call
Thursday, April 16, 2009
2 pm EST
Macro-Economics and Human Rights: Providing analytical tools to confront structural economic inequities and the current economic crisis
Among the risks posed by the current global economic crisis, the potential for human rights violations against the world’s most vulnerable populations is especially acute. This training call will provide a basic introduction to the human rights framework and macro-economic theory. The training is based on a new report released in February, “Rethinking Macro Economics from a Human Rights Perspective” written by Radhika Balakrishnan, Diane Elson and Raj Patel, that argues that protecting and promoting universal human rights even in the most difficult times is not only compatible with sound economic policy, but necessary to ensure a just society.
Using case studies from the U.S. and Mexico over the past several decades, the report demonstrates how macro-economic policy and human rights intersect in the areas of government spending, taxation, monetary and trade policies, and regulation of the private sector.
Presenters:
Radhika Balakrishnan
US Human Rights Network Board Chair, newly appointed Executive Director of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), and Professor of Economics and International Studies, Marymount Manhattan College.
James Heintz
Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Associate Director and Associate Research Professor