Empowerment and Protection - Stories of Human Security Oct. 2014 | Page 56

" e decided to leave
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the feelings of frustration
and impotence behind
and we took over the
streets on our bikes."

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Chihuahua en Bicicleta sin Miedo, Mexico

Empowerment
in Practice

Along with another set of human security analysis, this section presents an
additional dimension of how human security is put into practice through
empowerment strategies. Local community members, leaders and activists in
Mexico, the Philippines and Zimbabwe reflect on how citizen action, advocacy,
and community and multi-stakeholder dialogues have led to the empowerment of
local actors towards collective human security strategies. They also demonstrate
the importance of collective action and social movements in influencing security
policy, and the important role that knowledge of human and civic rights plays in
empowering civilians to protect themselves.

Mexico, the Philippines, Zimbabwe

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