Voices of accountability and the quest to be heard

by admin on | 2024-08-02 08:05:04 Last Updated by admin on 2024-10-18 10:28:37

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In the beginning of the year, I distinct recall posing questions to my colleagues in the field of human rights: "How much longer will we tolerate being disregarded by the government? How much longer will we continue submitting our concerns regarding draconian laws and policies knowing they will fall on deaf ears? How much can we allow the government to ignore us? Aren’t we exhausted by the status quo? When will we finally make an impact in the streets?” Little did I foresee the passionate uprising of a Generation Z movement ignited by voices determined to challenge the status quo and demand meaningful change. It reminded me of the book:" Why Nations Fail: The Origins Of Power, Prosperity and Poverty" by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. The Writers gave an eloquent description of the emergence of Brazil's labour movement in the 1970s as follows:

“The rise of Brazil since the 1970s was not engineered by economists of international institutions instructing Brazilian policymakers on how to design better policies or avoid market failures.It was not achieved with injections of foreign aid. It was not the natural outcome of modernisation. Rather it was theo Consequence of diverse groups of people courageously building inclusive institutions which eventually led to more inclusive economic institutions.” In Brazil, as Acemoglu and Robinson described, the labour movement played a crucial role in challenging entrenched power structures and advocating for inclusive economic policies.