{"id":17450,"date":"2023-12-16T21:19:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/what-is-advocacy-and-why-to-do-it\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:08:21","slug":"what-is-advocacy-and-why-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/post\/what-is-advocacy-and-why-to-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is advocacy &#8211; and why do it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clear-before-content-2\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clear-3448959154\"><img src=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/caafc5c68900198b80aee12c11b50184.avif\" alt=\"\"   style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/div><p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">At its heart, advocacy means helping you to get your voice heard by people in power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"\">It\u2019s a way to ensure that you can:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"\">\n<li id=\"\">understand important issues that affect you<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">express your views<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">stand up for your rights, and&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li id=\"\">be involved in key legislative decisions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"\">Your voice is amplified when advocacy brings together a community of like-minded people to create a movement for change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">It works to spotlight the perspective of the group to the wider public and politicians, and directly influence key policy decisions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\"><em id=\"\">\u201cEducation is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em id=\"\"> &#8211; Nelson Mandela&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Advocacy uses hard-hitting, evidence-backed campaigns to change the perception of governments and politicians around a political or social issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">These can include:<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Public education <\/strong>&#8211; providing accurate information to the public to raise awareness of the issue and dispel any myths.<br \/>\u200d<strong id=\"\"><br \/>Lobbying <\/strong>&#8211; identifying who the key decision-makers are and influencing them through, for example, targeted mass letter-writing, social media interactions and petitions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Grassroots activities <\/strong>&#8211; bringing members of the group together for online and in-person events. Keeping them informed of upcoming legislative battles and how they can play an active part.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Advocacy plays a critical role in protecting the rights of people who might otherwise be dismissed or ignored, and ensuring they are not marginalised or unfairly discriminated against.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">It creates a strong sense of community and solidarity by providing a platform to meet others in a similar situation and share stories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Crucially, advocacy ensures that you have your say in decisions that will directly affect your life. It supports you and acts on your behalf &#8211; <strong id=\"\">it\u2019s by your side and on your side.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"\">\u200d<\/h6>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">\u200d<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear-after-content-2\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clear-2804117584\"><img src=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/caafc5c68900198b80aee12c11b50184.avif\" alt=\"\"   style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its heart, advocacy means helping you to get your voice heard by people in power, and ensures that you have your say in decisions that will directly affect your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990002,"featured_media":14621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[],"slider":[],"class_list":["post-17450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19166,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17450\/revisions\/19166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17450"},{"taxonomy":"slider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/slider?post=17450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}