Advocacy

DIPFASOCASOCA leverages the power of arts and media to advocate for social causes, raise awareness on key issues, and influence policies that strengthen arts/culture.

Some core focus areas of our advocacy efforts include:

• Gender equality – Films, theater, and artworks that promote positive gender portrayals, women’s empowerment, and tackle issues like domestic violence.
• Health awareness – Using entertainment and arts to increase public understanding on diseases like HIV/AIDS and sickle cell anemia.
• Child protection – Advocating against problems like child labor, lack of access to education, and early marriage.
• Peacebuilding – Promoting messages of non-violence, tolerance, resolving conflict through art.
• Environmental conservation – Using creative mediums to shed light on ecological crises.
• Disability rights – Giving artists with disabilities platforms to showcase their talents and tell their stories.
• Policy reform – Lobbying government for increased public funding and support for the arts and culture sector. Strengthening free expression policies.

DIPFASOCASOCA carries out advocacy through:

• Productions – Films, plays, paintings, photo projects focused on social issues.
• Outreach campaigns – Using artworks for community engagement/dialogues.
• Petitions and proposals – Putting forward policy recommendations to government bodies on supporting arts and culture.
• Partnerships – Collaborating with NGOs and activists to develop impactful advocacy strategies.

The ultimate goal is to drive awareness, debate, policy changes and lastly positive behavior change on important social concerns through creative and engaging advocacy.