As part of various initiatives to influence Post-2015 development agenda, Praxis has produced a “Voice For Change” series that attempts to enhance the participation of vulnerable communities to analyse, dialogue and voice their perspectives on development goals. Praxis acknowledges that participation is not a technical or a mechanical process that can be realised through the application of a set of static and universal tools and techniques, but rather a political process that requires challenging the existing power structure. It sees communities not as objects but as agents of change.
The first issue in the Voice For Change series, Collective Action for Safe Spaces by Sexual Minorities and Sex Workers is focused on members of the transgender, sex worker and homosexual communities who are often left out of development processes because of the stigma attached to their identities. The second book in the series, CityMakers Seeking to Reclaim Cities They Build, looks at the narratives woven together by communities of homeless, slum dwellers and the urban poor – collectively called CityMakers because of their role in making cities livable.
Voice For Change: Narratives from the margins 