For this month’s conference call, we were joined by RESULTS UK’s Lucy Drescher, Head of Parliamentary Advocacy, to talk about the pivotal role of advocacy and grassroots initiatives in shaping government policies, while sharing her experience working with MPs and the field of international development.
We explored how reduced UK Development Spending, also called Overseas Development Assistance (ODA), impacts our ability to contribute to worldwide equality, and touched on the importance of using our voices as advocates to speak up and push a return to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on UK ODA.
Check out our action materials to take part in this month’s campaign!
Links mentioned on the call:
Prime Minister won’t attend the UN General Assembly
Sahera’s blog post on the political commitments needed to end TB
Legal trustee application details
‘Advocacy Workshop: Effectively Write to Your MP’ on Wednesday 4 October at 6pm
Government tracker for development spending