NGO workers' internalisation of the human rights-based approach in Bangladesh

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3885643
AutoresJae-Eun Noh (0000-0001-9324-8192, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen26
Número4
Páginas456-466
Fecha de publicación2016-05-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2016.1162286
OpenAlexW2336119124
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

The Western origin of human rights raises the question of how the human rights-based approach to development (HRBA) is understood in non-Western countries. This article explores individual practitioners’ perceptions of the HRBA in an NGO working in Bangladesh, drawing on interviews with its workers. The data suggest that participants accept the universal values of human rights and make sense of the HRBA influenced by their organisational and national contexts. Conceptualising this process as “internalisation”, this article argues that the organisational support and workers’ field experience are critical for incorporating contextual consideration into their interpretation and practice of the HRBA

Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Human rights · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Law