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Advocacy
Save the Children advocates for better practices and policies to fulfill Children's Rights and to ensure that Children's voices are heard at the global, national and local levels. Advocacy is thus central to ensure lasting change in children’s lives. Advocacy is a set of organised activities designed to influence the policies and actions of others to achieve positive changes for children’s lives. Advocacy aims to change policies and legislation so they will have a positive effect on children’s lives. It also aims to change the way decision-making happens to make it more inclusive. This involves building children’s skills and confidence so they can be effective advocates, creating opportunities for civil society groups to take part in decision-making, and addressing society’s norms and attitudes relating to children. Advocacy is also, crucially, about making sure that policies designed to benefit children are put into practice.
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RecommendedSave the Children's Advocacy Work regarding the UN Study on Violence against children
Document that shows the work of advocacy and the joint operations made by the International Save the Children Alliance in relation to the UN Global Study on Violence against Children. Save The leaflet contains key advocacy messages and recommendations on
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RecommendedAdvocacy Messages on Physical and Humiliating Punishment
These advocacy messages are for Save the Children’s staff and partners working at all levels around the world. They reflect the priorities within the Child Protection Initiative Strategy for Physical and Humiliating Punishment, are derived from the work a
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RecommendedOne vision one voice. Good practices on advocacy to end violence against children
The UN Study on Violence against Children serves as an integral part of Save the Children’s ongoing efforts to advocate with governments and other actors to fulfil their responsibilities of promoting, protecting and securing children’s right not to be sub
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RecommendedThe Education We Want: An Advocacy Toolkit
Produced by Plan International in cooperation with A World at School and the Youth Advocacy Group of the Global Education First Initiative, this toolkit has been developed for young people, by young people. As a toolkit full of ideas, inspiration, and too
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RecommendedChildhood in the Shadow of War
Now in its fifth year, the armed conflict in Syria continues to increase in intensity. More and more civilians are being driven from their homes to seek safe shelter elsewhere in the country, or, increasingly, outside of Syria’s borders, which has led to
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RecommendedAdvocacy Brief: Ending Legalised Violence Against Children- the arguments
Prepared in preparation for the Parliament of World’s Religions in October 2015, this Advocacy Brief provides background information on physical and humiliating punishment (PHP) and targeted messages for how religious leaders can help prevent PHP in their
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RecommendedInfluencing in Emergencies: A joint after action review
Nearly two years since typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, advocacy teams from ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision take a step back to evaluate their respective advocacy engagements. This report puts together w
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RecommendedChildhood Without Violence: Brief for Senators
A bill to end corporal punishment against all children and promote positive discipline is pending at the Senate in the Philippines. The aim of the bill is not to punish parents and caregivers, but to send a clear message that violence against children is
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RecommendedVoices for Change: Children on Community Radio
Child participation in radio has been facilitated by Save the Children’s Child Rights Governance Team in Bangladesh since 2014, in partnership with two community radio stations. Participating children were facilitated in building their capacity in radio a
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RecommendedStanding Up for Action: Protesting Violence Against Children
There is limited redress available to children affected by violence and for their families in seeking justice for these violations. Save the children supports partners and coalitions to raise awareness and advocates with key stakeholders to prevent violen
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RecommendedMonitoring and Evaluation of Policy Influence and Advocacy
Policy influence and advocacy are increasingly regarded as a means of creating sustainable policy change in international development. It is often also seen as a difficult area to monitor and evaluate. Yet there is an increasingly rich strand of innovatio
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RecommendedAdvocacy Toolkit: Campaign for the Ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the CRC on a communications procedure [Short version]
This advocacy toolkit prepared by the NGO Group for the CRC is designed to help NGOs and child rights advocates to understand the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a communications procedure or OP3 CRC. The toolkit provides guidelines and suggestions on how