Child Rights Programming

1. Child Rights Programming

2. Fighting injustice, exploitation and abuse – alleviating suffering Charity Relief Development Alleviate poverty Economic growth Redistribute resources Access to services Limited Change Human rights Laws, law enforcement Moral values Child development Children’s individual development Share power Social and political activism Fundamental change

3. Human rights Agreed internationallegal standards Moralstandards Responsibilities at all levels:individualcommunityinstitutionsstateinternational

4. Principles of child rights programming Children’s participation Children are right holders Best interests of the child Children claim their own rights Accountability for children’s rights Consider the broader context and address root causes Consider all of children’s needs and abilities Include all children Fight discrimination

5. Human Rights Child Rights Child Development Development Principles of Child Rights Programming Children are rights holders Accountability for children’s rights Participation - children (as rights holders) take an active part in claiming their rights Equity, non-discrimination, inclusion Best interests of the child Children in the broader context Address root causes Whole child - consider all of children’s needs Indivisibility of rights

6. Principles of CRP • Children are right holders and social actors • States, institutions and adults are responsible for children’s rights • Promote children’s rights to have their views considered and to claim their rights (child participation and children’s civil rights) • Fight discrimination and promote inclusion of all children (age, gender, ability, ethnicity, origin…) • Consider children’s best interests in the short and long term • Indivisibility of rights: consider all of a child’s needs and abilities • Address root causes and consider children in the broader social, economic, political and cultural context

7. Principles of CRP (elaborated) • Children have rights • Children take active parts in shaping their families, communities and environment • Governments, institutions, adults and children are responsible for children’s rights • Children have rights of access to information, freedom of expression and freedom of association. By exercising these rights children can take active parts in realising their own rights • Include all children and fight discrimination based on differences between children (gender, ethnicity, ability, etc.) • Promote child-friendly approaches that are in children’s best interests in the short and long term • Consider all developmental needs and abilities of the child • Address the factors that lie at the root of the violations of children’s rights • Consider children in the broader social, economic, political and cultural context

8. Charity – Development – Rights-based development + =

9. Right- responsibility - claim Duty bearer Fulfils responsibility towards Claims right from Right holder

10. Responsibility analysis Duty Duty bearer

11. Fulfil Obstacles Overcome obstacles

12. Responsibility analysis What is the problem (related to children)? Which rights are unfulfilled?  Who is responsible for the right? What are the obstacles for realising the rights? Why are those responsible not meeting their obligations?  How can the right be fulfilled?How can the obstacles be overcome?How can duty bearers be held accountable?  Prioritise: who can make the biggest change (at each level)?

13. Example: responsibility analysisRight: education Prioritise: who can make the biggest change – at every level?

14. HIV/AIDS - Responsibility analysis

15. HIV/AIDS – Causal analysis

16. Responsibilities Who is responsible for trafficking? Parents Traffickers Pimps and brothel owners Customers Police and judges Government departments... Causes What are the causes of trafficking? Poverty Gender Parents ‘own’ children Lack of information Lack of education Crime Corruption Trafficking

17. Exercise: responsibility analysis

18. Accountability for children’s rights Fulfil rights and address rights violations (does not necessarily strengthen accountability of duty bearers) Strengthen accountability for children’s rights: • Advocacy for change in policies, laws and programmes • Strengthen law enforcement • Lobby for increased budgets and resources for children’s rights at all levels • Public education and campaigning for change in awareness, behaviour and practices • Human rights monitoring and reporting • Incentives and sanctions to hold duty bearers accountable (build them into projects, programmes and policies at all levels) • Overcome obstacles to rights and to accountability for rights • People (including children) demand their own rights

19. Social and political movements Human rights Child development Development Children form their own movements and organisations to claim their rights Change power relations between children and adults Develop children to become democratic citizens Promote children’s civil rights (expression, thought, information, organisations) Recognise children as right holders Develop children’s abilities, confidence, independence Develop children’s ability to protect themselves Improve children’s learning Understand children better Develop better policies and programmes for children Purpose of children’s participation

20. Accountability for children’s civil rights Which civil (participation) rights are unfulfilled (information, expression, association)?  What are the obstacles to their realisation?  Who is responsible for their realisation?  How can the obstacles be overcome to realise children’s civil rights? (institutional practice, adult behaviours and attitudes, laws, practical work with children...)

21. Children’s participation – civil rights – children claim their rights • Work with children – this transforms the power relationship between children and adults • Raise awareness and develop skills in children’s participation among children and adults • Promote children’s civil rights (information, expression, association) in every project, programme, organisation, policy, law, family, community… • Overcome obstacles and increase the ‘space’ for children’s participation in decision making at all levels of society and in all institutions • Support children and adult right holders to claim their rights

22. Goal, focus, approaches, linkages Activities and Approaches Link different sectors and departments Link work at different levels Goal linked to rights (focus) Activities and Approaches Activities and Approaches Organisational linkages and partnerships Link approaches (practice and advocacy) Activities and Approaches

23. Prioritise • What are the biggest obstacles to realising children’s rights? • Who can make the biggest difference for children’s rights (at all levels)? • What action (by us) will make the biggest difference for children’s rights? • Do we have the right priorities – strategies, actions, targets, partners…?