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Civic Advocacy:

Civic advocacy means demanding that laws and rights be respected through legal and peaceful civic methods. It means that citizens know their rights and ask the authorities to uphold them.

Civic advocacy means asking questions: Why has this school not been built? Why does this village not have safe drinking water? Why has this problem remained unresolved for years? Why is this public service not available to the people?

An informed citizen knows the law, documents problems, submits written requests, uses the media and civil society organisations, asks officials for explanations, and continues to follow up.

But just as citizens have rights, they also have responsibilities.

Citizens' Responsibilities:

Respecting the law; respecting the rights of others; helping to maintain public order; participating in social affairs; defending truth and justice; and, most importantly, not remaining indifferent to the future of society.

Finally, we must remember one important point. In a society where people do not know their rights, they can easily be deprived of those rights.

But a society where people are informed, ask questions, understand the law and demand their rights has a greater chance of progress, justice and development.

Knowing your rights is the beginning of civic advocacy.

And informed civic advocacy is the beginning of change