Aurelia Adhiambo on the animal advocacy landscape in Africa

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Aurelia is the Africa co-ordinator for the Open Wing Alliance where she supports African organisations with their cage-free campaigning efforts.

In this episode Aurelia walks us through the state of the advocacy movement in Africa and the unique complexities of campaigning in this region. We hear Aurelia’s thoughts on progress in Africa and the importance of flexibility when devising and testing the strategies and tactics required to end cages in Africa.
Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

• Open Wing Alliance Website
• Donate to the Open Wing Alliance
• Member organisations
• Which companies are leading the way on animal welfare in Africa?- Ranking Report
• Ticking Clock: The Rapid Rise of Farmed Animals in Africa - EA Forum Post
• Animal welfare: A unique African Perspective - EA Forum Post

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. A view that most animal advocates would disagree with (00:01:37)

3. What is the Open Wing Alliance? (00:02:57)

4. Aurelia's personal journey into animal advocacy (00:04:44)

5. What OWA offers (00:05:19)

6. Who can join the OWA and how (00:08:39)

7. Animal welfare in Africa (00:09:32)

8. Grant-making (00:11:41)

9. Notable wins (00:12:59)

10. Corporate campaigns in African context (00:14:18)

11. Being a coordinator (00:16:48)

12. What happens when soft pressure fails (00:19:14)

13. Animal welfare and veganism stats in Africa (00:20:51)

14. How corporate campaigns are received in this region (00:23:29)

15. Farmed animals industrialisation (00:26:04)

16. Opposition (00:27:43)

17. Main argument for convincing companies (00:32:44)

18. Policy work (00:34:32)

19. Caged systems in Africa (00:37:27)

20. The impact that global work has in Africa (00:40:33)

21. Stopping cage free going caged and vice versa (00:44:24)

22. Other promising strategies (00:46:02)

23. How to get more advocates in this region (00:49:03)

24. Plans for the future (00:51:03)

25. Average size of OWA groups (00:53:30)

26. Closing questions (00:55:20)