WSF takes a Rights Based Approach in its work, placing emphasis on empowering young women men and children on their civil, political, economic, social or cultural rights and enhance their active participation on issues that affect them. Our actions support opportunities for girls and boys, young women and men to play a significant part in lifting themselves, their families and communities out of poverty.
This section outlines some of the methods, approaches and partnerships we undertake to achieve these aims.
Our methods, approaches, and partnerships
Accountability
As a Foundation of young people working together to end the injustice of poverty, WSF is committed to being transparent in its work and accountable to its key stakeholders, in particular people living in poverty. We share information with people living in poverty, partner organisations, and the general public, and we are accountable to our staff, volunteers, supporters, donors, suppliers and host governments. The information we publish and how we respond to requests for information are important aspects of accountability.
Innovation
For WSF to bring about change at scale over the coming decade, we need intentional social innovation. This includes: initiating deeper collaboration with a much wider range of stakeholders; supporting programmes to effectively develop and scale cutting-edge programmes; exploring alternative models of delivery; focusing more of our resources on innovation; building cultures that support considered risk-taking and developing the ability to accelerate innovative solutions to the world's most pressing social issues.
Social innovation, simply put, is 'new solutions that meet unmet needs and improve people's lives'
Inclusion
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Partnership approach
WSF aspires to make a sustained and significant positive impact on poverty and injustice. We believe that it is only through strong partnerships and collective action that are inclusive, accountable, and empowering, and based on relationships of openness and trust.
Our partnership approach reflects our values, which are central to what we believe as an organisation and how we think change will happen, our efforts to address the inequality of power, not just in society at large but in our own working relations with others. WSF works with and through others to take action to achieve common goals for overcoming poverty, Disease, Violence, and injustice, based on complementarity and respect for the contribution that each party brings. WSF’s partner relations are informed by and managed to a set of clear principles. These five principles underpin our programme and partnership decisions in development, humanitarian, and campaign work at every level of activity. We hold ourselves accountable to these principles and seek to be held accountable by partners, communities, and other stakeholders with whom we and partners work: Complementary purpose and added value; Mutual respect for values and beliefs; Clarity of roles, responsibilities, and decision-making; Transparency and accountability; and Commitment and flexibility. WSF works with others to build a universal movement for change to support the actions of poor and marginalised people and communities to overcome poverty and suffering more effectively. We believe that this is more likely to ensure lasting, locally owned development and relevant and accountable campaigns and humanitarian interventions in Karamoja.