2.4 Examples of change from around the world

The map below features a selection of change stories involving individuals and communities all over the world, addressing changes in all areas of the four quadrants.

Choose to read at least three by clicking on the pins on the map. If you have any difficulty viewing this map, please go to the downloads area below for a PDF version of these change stories.

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Using the change analysis tool that we discussed earlier, consider one of the examples that particularly interests you. Here are some guiding questions which may help you think about the change processes underway, though we appreciate you will not have all of the answers from these short descriptions.

  1. Was there a change in people’s awareness or belief that change is possible?
  2. Was there a change in peoples’ collective capacity to achieve change?
  3. Was there a change in formal institutions (policies, laws, rules, regulations)?
  4. Was there a change in informal cultural norms, attitudes, values and behaviours, etc.?
  5. Did the change happen as a result of a sudden event, or critical juncture, or was it part of an ongoing process?

Activity 2.2: Examples of change

Timing: Allow 10 minutes

Reflect on how the change analysis tool helps your understanding of the different case studies and how change happened in different situations? How does this understanding help inform how you could contribute to making change happen?

Add your thoughts to the free text box, in the Make Change Happen Plan or in your own notebook.

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2.3 Applying a change analysis tool

2.5 A note about change and conflict