Governance Matters: Evidence from Ethopia

Save the Children Ethiopia country program has been engaged in governance and advocacy programming with the aim of improving national systems and mechanisms for children’s rights. This brief highlights some of the major results in relation to the Breakthroughs, Good Governance Fit for Children and Civic Space from 2021 to date.

This includes examples on:

• Early childhood care and education policy revisions
• Budget advocacy
• Bringing priorities of persons with disabilities to the national budget platforms
• Advocacy for improved nutrition
• Birth registration
• Masters programme on child rights
• Accountability framework for inclusion
• Monitoring child rights
• National child parliament
• Child rights reporting
• Child led voluntary national review report on SDGs