Breaking Barriers with Heart: Navigating Inclusion for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants
Welcome to issue #43?of?Changing Stories -?MAGENTA's monthly round-up of all that is interesting, inspiring and innovative from the world of Social and Behavioural Change?(SBC).
Read, think, share, and enjoy!
Journey to Inclusion: designing a Comprehensive Social and Behavioural Change Communications Strategy for Enhancing Service Access for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants
Did you know there are 6 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants globally, with a whopping 5 million in Latin America and the Caribbean? Brazil alone hosts 426,000 of these resilient individuals, making them the largest migrant group in the country. But, here's the catch – our Venezuelan friends face unique challenges in accessing public services due to various barriers, including cultural and language differences. The Challenge: Even though Brazil offers government resources and programs for refugees, they often remain untapped by Venezuelan migrants, hampering their access to education, formal jobs, and social safety nets. But fear not! MAGENTA stepped in with a game-changing plan. MAGENTA rolled out a Social and Behavioural Change Communications (SBCC) strategy, working closely with UNHCR and stakeholders. We focused on four critical sectors: Education, Access to Documentation, Protection, and Livelihoods. Our goal? To debunk misinformation, bridge the gaps, and help Venezuelan refugees and migrants integrate seamlessly into their new community. Our mission? To supercharge Venezuelan refugees and migrants' access to public services! Through our SBCC Strategy, we aimed to inspire behaviour change and tackle the barriers hindering them. Join us on this exciting journey of empowerment and inclusion!"
Social Change in Brazil Through Innovations and Social Movements
Social innovations and changes in educational systems are the cornerstones for the success of emerging countries. Current developments in Brazil and the heterogeneity of society make the country a perfect candidate to investigate these topics. Drawing on historical analysis and content analysis, the author builds a model that recognizes patterns of social change. This model enables to analyze social change through the interaction of radical changes, innovations, social movements, and reforms. This model is applied to two periods in Brazil, where social movements, like the revolution in the 1930s and the military coup in the 1960s, triggered a series of social changes. The findings of this study suggest that social change is a cyclical process where social innovations and educational change are involved. These findings have significant implications for our understanding of current changes in Brazilian society and provide a key instrument for analyzing social change in other societies.
Behaviour change interventions to promote health and well-being among older migrants: A systematic review
Whether behaviour change interventions are effective for the maintenance of
older migrants’ health and well-being is uncertain. A systematic review was conducted to assess evidence for the capacity of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) to promote the health and well-being of older migrants.?Forty-three studies (23 randomised controlled trials, 13 pre–post studies and 7 quasi-experimental studies) reporting on 39 interventions met the inclusion criteria. Thirteen BCTs were identified as promising for at least one outcome cluster: goal-setting (behaviour), problem-solving, behavioural contract, self-monitoring of behaviour, social support (unspecified), instruction on how to perform the behaviour, information about health consequences, information about social and environmental consequences, demonstration of the behaviour, social comparison, behavioural practice/rehearsal, generalisation of a target behaviour and addition of objects to the environment. Three BCTs (instruction on how to perform the behaviour, demonstration of the behaviour, and social comparison) and two IFs (modelling and training) were identified as promising for all outcome clusters.
Hardship and Hope: Venezuelan Migrants Share Their Stories
More than 5.4 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2014 due to the manmade economic and humanitarian crisis. Migrants’ journeys tell a story of hardship and adversity but also hope for the future of a better life.
领英推荐
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has forced millions of people to make one of the toughest decisions of their lives: Leave everything they know behind, including homes and families, to start over in a foreign country. For many,?the decision to leave, and the treacherous journey that follows,?is a price worth paying for better education for their children, more job opportunities, and less insecurity. But what is it really like to be a migrant and refugee??CARE spoke with three Venezuelan migrants living in Pamplona, Colombia, on what motivated them to leave home, what their hopes are for the future, and what they want other people to know about being a migrant.
Food Security in Venezuela: From Policies to Facts
The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, approved by The General Assembly of the United Nations, recognized the right to food as a Basic Human Right. Consequently, at the national level, programs, norms, and laws were decreed to promote the population's health and nutrition. The 1999 Venezuelan Constitution explicitly included, for the first time, the term “Food Security” in Article 305. Subsequently, the government approved various laws and guidelines to regulate the right to food of the population. However, despite such laws, the well-being of the population has not improved. According to the 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (2020), between 2017 and 2019, the undernourishment prevalence amounted to 31.4%. Also, reports from Caritas showed 14.4% of Global Acute Malnutrition in children under 5 years of age, and 20% of children were at risk of acute malnutrition for the period April–June 2020. Other factors have influenced the actual Venezuelan food insecurity condition. The current severe economic and social crisis has led to a Complex Humanitarian Emergency. This work aimed to consider if decreeing many laws related to food and nutrition is not enough to reduce this scourge, or if there is any guarantee that the Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) of the people would improve.
Register for our upcoming flagship SBC in a Day sessions this September! Join us for a course in French on the 12th?of September, a course in English on the 20th?of September or a course in Arabic on the 25th?of September.?
This one-day course is designed to empower you with SBC foundations and principles and apply them to your work. Throughout the day, your SBC expert trainers will take you through:
The MAGENTA Academy is our training and capacity-building institute where we upskill our partners on SBC theory and practice. We train governments, CSOs, journalists, and clients on how to enhance their understanding of how to apply behavioural science in their work. Our expert trainers are themselves SBC practitioners and courses range from a one-day crash course on the fundamentals of SBC, to bespoke training courses tailored to meet the capacity gaps of specific stakeholders.
Take a look at what people are saying:?I am leaving the SBC in a Day course feeling thankful, and illuminated but mostly with a lot of knowledge! .-SBC in day participant, Mexico