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Child Rights Programming (CRP)
Child Rights Programming is an approach used by Save the Children and other child rights organisations to ensure their activities are based on and constantly pushes the agenda for children’s rights. It means using the principles of children’s rights to plan, implement and monitor programmes with the overall goal of improving the position of children so that all children – no matter who they are - can fully enjoy their rights and live in societies that acknowledge and respect children’s rights.
Rights-based approaches to relief and development work are based on fundamental human rights principles and standards. Child rights programming (CRP) draws upon these and upon the general principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). If you are committed to CRP, you should use the standards and principles set out in the UNCRC as your guide. All of your programme and advocacy work should be based on two key activities: helping duty-bearers meet their obligations, and supporting children (as rights-holders) to claim their rights.
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RecommendedGetting it right for children- A practitioner's guide to child rights programming
Adopting a child rights-based approach is the most effective way to bring about positive and lasting change for children. Drawing on Save the Children's experience around the world, this guide provides ideas and tools that will enable development and huma
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RecommendedSave the Children's Child Rights Situation Analysis Guidelines
A Situation Analysis is an important link in the programme cycle to formulate an intervention or organisational strategy. A Child Rights Situation Analysis (CRSA) incorporates principles of the rights of a child in planning child-based programmes. Save th
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RecommendedChild rights programming handbook. How to Apply Rights-Based Approaches to Programming
This is the second edition of the Save the Children Handbook on Child Rights Programming. The handbook has been rewritten to reflect new insights and includes key developments in such areas as support to child participation, rights-based situation analysi
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Child Rights Programming E-Learning
This Child Rights Programming (CRP) e-learning course is a free, online training for all, excluding Save the Children staff (for the staff version see link below). This course will instruct on how to carry out Child Rights Programming and how to be a righ
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The Girl Agenda: Empowering Girls Through Global Leadership
The Girl Agenda calls upon the new UN Secretary-General to champion and prioritise the rights of girls on five key issues for gender equality: child marriage data education laws, practices and norms sexual and reproductive health rights.
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Standing 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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EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit: Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation
This toolkit, produced by UNICEF and the European Commission, consists of eight modules on key areas: Child Rights in Development Cooperation Child Rights in Programming and Sector Policies Child Participation Child Rights in Governance Child Impact Asses
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Making it Equal: A guide to non-discrimination
This guide provides support for the application of the principle of non-discrimination at every stage of planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating interventions on child rights programming to ensure that all children from every kind of background
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Understanding and applying a systems approach to child protection: a guide for programme staff
This guide aims at assisting programme staff in transitioning from programmes that focus on specific thematic issues or that target certain groups of children to programmes that address child protection through a systems lens. Amongst child protection org
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Ending Violence Against Children: Six Strategies for Action #ENDviolence
Released as part of UNICEF’s #ENDviolence global initiative, this report provides examples of effective programmes to address violence against children at home, school, work, the community at large, and social spaces created by mobile and online technolog