A strategic approach to social accountability: Bwalo forums within the reproductive maternal and child health accountability ecosystem in Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of documented social accountability initiatives to date have been 'tactical' in nature, employing single-tool, mostly community-based approaches. This article provides lessons from a 'strategic', multi-tool, multi-level social accountability project: UNICEF's 'Social Accountability for Every Woman Every Child' intervention in Malawi.

Methods

The project targeted the national, district and community levels. Three Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) were engaged to carry out interventions using various tools to generate evidence and political advocacy at one or more levels. This article focuses on one of the social accountability methods - the bwalo forum (a meeting based on a traditional Malawian method of dialogue). A detailed political economy analysi

SUBMITTER: Butler N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310083 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature