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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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  1. Case Study. Protecting the rights of Palestinian children affected by armed conflict through monitoring and reporting on child rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

    This Case Study deliniates one of Save the Children's specific objectives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), namely to strengthen the monitoring and reporting mechanism (MRM) of the local Community Based Organizations (CBOs’) to detect, refer an

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden

  2. Case Study. Creating a competent workforce by training social workers in Indonesia

    A Case Study for social work education in Indonesia. Save the Children's efforts in this area would help create a competent work force of social welfare professionals who could assist in implementing the "institution to family based care" support for vuln

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden

  3. Case study- African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC)

    The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) was adopted by the African Union (formerly the OAU) in 1990, and came into force in 1999.The African Children’s Charter is the first regional treaty dedicated to child rights and like the

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children

  4. Governance Fit for Children: To what extent have the general measures of implementation of the UNCRC been realised in the EU Institutions?

    This report, coordinated by Save the Children Sweden and financed by the European Commission, is part of the overarching goal of the Project "Governance fit for Children" to assess how far the UNCRC General Measures of Implementation (GMI) have been reali

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Lind Haldorsson, Olivia

  5. Case Study. Local business will participate in the fight against children's violence in Albania

    Vladimir, top administrator of one of the most successful local businesses in Berat, welcomed the invitation to be a member of the Municipality Task Force and participate in the activities and campaigns against violence towards children. This Task Force,

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden

  6. Children from South Asia call for better Care Standards and Child Friendly Services. Report of the SAIEVAC Children's Consultation and the Technical Consultation on Care Standards and Child Friendly Services

    Child friendly version of the Report of the SAIEVAC Children’s Consultation and the Technical Consultation on Care Standards and Child Friendly Services, held in Kathmandu 24 – 29 September 2011. The event was organised by the Secretariat of the South Asi

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): SAIEVAC, South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children Author(s): Regmi, Ayushma

  7. Save the Children's CPI Newsletter- June 2011

    Quarterly Child Protection Initiative (CPI) Newsletter, designed to give a quick look at Save the Children's programmatic updates on the issue of "Children without appropriate care”, a focus area of Save the Children´s child protection work. It includes:

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children

  8. Consultation Report on Children's Rights and Business Principles, Zambia

    From June to August 2011, over 400 young people ages 7-17, participated in consultations to discuss the Children's Rights and Business Principles Initiative. They explored what business is; how business affects children’s lives and rights; the role of bus

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

  9. Consultation Report on Children's Rights and Business Principles, Brazil

    From June to August 2011, over 400 young people ages 7-17, participated in consultations to discuss the Children's Rights and Business Principles Initiative. They explored what business is; how business affects children’s lives and rights; the role of bus

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

  10. Children's Right to be Heard and Effective Child Protection: A Guide for governments and children´s rights advocates in involving children and young people in ending all forms of violence

    This publication offers guidance and practical examples to show the varied roles children can play in implementing the overarching recommendations of the United Nations Secretary General’s Global Study on Violence against Children. Building on the Committ

    Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden Author(s): Willow, Carolyne

  11. Case Study: Democracy, Human Rights and coexistence in Colombia

    Save the Children’s Education Program for Colombia is supporting the project called Democracy, Human Rights and Coexistence, implemented by local partner the Popular Training Institute, or IPC by its Spanish initials. The project aims to empower students

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden

  12. Guidelines Presentation for the alternative care of children (long version)

    A Guidelines presentation on the alternative care of children specifically aimed at non-child protection specialists. This presentation provides an overview of the background situation of children without parental care, why Guidelines are needed, developm

    Publication year: 2011

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