What is Advocacy?
Learning Objective
I can define advocacy and explain its importance in promoting change.
Key Concepts
Advocates support, validate, and empower survivors of sexual violence by working in collaboration with them.
The advocacy wheel centers on survivor empowerment, which is promoted by protecting confidentiality and respecting the survivor's autonomy and decision-making.
Advocates should not question, judge, or investigate the crime, provide therapeutic counseling, or persuade a survivor into a particular course of action.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Define advocacy in the context of supporting survivors of sexual violence, and explain why it is important.
2. Which of the following actions is NOT a responsibility of an advocate?
3. Explain how access to advocates can positively impact survivors' experiences with medical and legal systems, according to the study mentioned in the video.
Educational Video
What is advocacy
Sarah Osmer