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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3885643
AutoresJae-Eun Noh (0000-0001-9324-8192, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume26
Fascículo4
Páginas456-466
Data de publicação2016-05-18
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2016.1162286
OpenAlexW2336119124
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências 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