To determine whether
social enterprise can potentially help to fulfill economic and social rights through
operationalizing a rights-based approach to development. Doing so may in fact lead to
transformative social-structural change in which marginalized communities are able to
influence and shape the political1 debate on human rights while at the same time
accessing basic services. The focus of the study will be on how individuals within social
enterprises conceive of and act on their ideas about social enterprise and human rights.
To do this, I will draw on existing literature about social enterprise and rights-based
approaches to development.