title: Evaluating Human Rights Advocacy on Criminal Justice and Sex Work.
abstract: Between October 2011 and September 2013, we conducted research on the use, by police and/or prosecutors, of condom possession as evidence of intent to engage in prostitution-related offenses. We studied the practice in five large, geographically diverse cities in the U.S. To facilitate our advocacy on this issue, conducted concurrent to and following our research, we developed an advocacy framework consisting of six dimensions: (1) raising awareness, (2) building and engaging coalitions, (3) framing debate, (4) securing rhetorical commitments, (5) reforming law and policy, and (6) changing practice. Using a case study approach, we describe how this framework also provided a basis for the evaluation of our work, and discuss additional considerations and values related to the measurement and evaluation of human rights advocacy.
authors.affiliation: Director of the health and human rights division at Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amon
authors.affiliation: Researcher in the children's rights division at Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wurth
authors.affiliation: Senior researcher in the health and human rights division at Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McLemore
mesh_terms: D017280:Condoms; D003416:Criminal Law; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D016495:Police; D011477:Sex Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States