Table 12: Summary of the Taxonomy of the Deployment of Human Rights of Local Represented NGO Activity and Activists’ Perception Component Socio-Economic Contexts Function of Human Rights Component Local infrastructure too deprived Social Welfare Provision or Charitable to enable human rights to gain Activities / Human rights deployed as a One purchase. recourse to rhetoric in the most marginalised contexts. Component Socio-economic contexts The Deployment of Human Rights to challenge the operationalisation Support NGO Two “Power To” of human rights. Empowerment Strategies. Component Socio-economic contexts The Deployment of Human Rights to challenge the operationalisation Support NGO Three “Power Over” of human rights. Empowerment Strategies. Component Activists portrayed the ability to NGOs are connected to global social engage in large scale social justice and progress projects. They are Four improvement and growth engaged in maximising individual projects. They felt empowered potential. to operate in local contexts. Table 13: Summary of the Taxonomy of the Deployment of Women’s Human Rights Represented NGO Activity and of Local Activists’ Perception Component Function of Human Rights and Socio-Economic Contexts Human Rights Women’s Component in its duty to Rescuing women beneficiaries by Government’s failure protect women against violations removing them from coercive and One of basic human rights. threatening environments. Component Private sphere infrastructure Empowering women beneficiaries to perceived as coercive and take action to remove themselves from Two threatening. coercion, for example, from domestic violence. Human rights as a potential political tool which underpins a policy community which reaffirms universal values. Component Distortion between gender Distortion between gender responsibilities and wellbeing. responsibilities and rights: focus on Three economic empowerment. Component Activists felt empowered to Maximising individual potential. operate in local contexts. Hybridisation with global progress Four projects.
Table 12: Summary of the Taxonomy of the Deployment of Human Rights Component Activists’ Perception of Local Socio-Economic Contexts Represented NGO Activity and Function of Human Rights Component One Local infrastructure too deprived to enable human rights to gain purchase. Social Welfare Provision or Charitable Activities / Human rights deployed as a recourse to rhetoric in the most marginalised contexts. Component Two Socio-economic contexts challenge the operationalisation of human rights. The Deployment of Human Rights to Support NGO “Power To” Empowerment Strategies. Component Three Socio-economic contexts challenge the operationalisation of human rights. The Deployment of Human Rights to Support NGO “Power Over” Empowerment Strategies. Component Four Activists portrayed the ability to engage in large scale social improvement and growth projects. They felt empowered to operate in local contexts. NGOs are connected to global social justice and progress projects. They are engaged in maximising individual potential. Table 13: Summary of the Taxonomy of the Deployment of Women’s Human Rights Component Activists’ Perception of Local Socio-Economic Contexts Represented NGO Activity and Function of Human Rights and Women’s Human Rights Component One Government’s failure in its duty to protect women against violations of basic human rights. Rescuing women beneficiaries by removing them from coercive and threatening environments. Component Two Private sphere infrastructure perceived as coercive and threatening. Empowering women beneficiaries to take action to remove themselves from coercion, for example, from domestic violence. Human rights as a potential political tool which underpins a policy community which reaffirms universal values. Component Three Distortion between gender responsibilities and wellbeing. Distortion between gender responsibilities and rights: focus on economic empowerment. Component Four Activists felt empowered to operate in local contexts. Maximising individual potential. Hybridisation with global progress projects.
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