On October 24th, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme launched a joint publication:”Volunteering and Social Activism: Pathways for participation in human development”
Volunteering and social activism are important strategies for fostering people’s participation in social change and human development. Volunteering can be directed at influencing agenda-setting, policy-making, decision-making and representation, and is also an important mechanism for promoting empowerment, personal transformation and social inclusion.
The publication highlights the complementary and supporting roles that volunteering and activism play in fostering participation, nevertheless social activism depends largely on volunteer contributions to effect the change it seeks (Read associated press release).
