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Holly Courtright Report on outcomes from an international conference on remedies for violations to the CRC

The aim of this report is to highlight key observations, conclusions and conversations resulting from the international conference Convention on the Rights

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Added by Holly Courtright on March 4, 2010 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Elise Empowering practices for working with marginalized youth

This article was co-authored by IICRD's Natasha Blanchet-Cohen and builds off of the experiences from the YouthScape project.

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Added by Elise on February 25, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Holly Courtright Abused Online - A recent report out of Sweden on online abuse of children and adolescents

A recent report published by BUP Elefanten (Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit) and the County Council of Östergötland and written by Anders Nyman, a Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Commissioner and Film censor addresses some of the current and arising trends of online abuse.

The report, funded by the World Childhood Foundation, is an in-depth look at some of the issues that children and youth face when using ICT and works to inform pro

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Added by Holly Courtright on February 17, 2010 at 11:37am — No Comments

Camilo guaqueta Balance a la luz de los 20 años de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño. Retos y Desafíos. Ponencia de Sergio Pinheiro

Sérgio Pinheiro, relator sobre los Derechos de la Niñez de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), realizo una presentación en el vigesimo Congreso Panamericano del Niño, la Niña y Adolescentes , llevado a cabo en Lima durante Octubre del 2009.

El documeto presenta un balance sobre los avances y retos que se presenta en el contexto americano de cara a la vigencia plena de los derechos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes, haciendo especial enfasis en el ámbito normativo, in… Continue

Added by Camilo guaqueta on February 9, 2010 at 11:54am — No Comments

Elise ECPAT-USA releases a guide on Protecting Children From Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Violence in Disaster and Emergency Situations

I thought this was especially relevent due to the recent disaster in Haiti.

"This manual, as the title suggests, is about how to protect children from sexual violence and sexual exploitation, specifically in disaster and emergency situations. It is not intended to be an academic report but instead is a practical guide that we hope will be of use to people working directly in the field. The aim is to provide fundamental information to assist personnel working in emergency situat

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Added by Elise on February 8, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Jennifer Tang Overseas Development Institute Briefing Paper: "Raising the game: mainstreaming children’s rights"

Raising the game: mainstreaming children's rights. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Briefing Paper 56, by Caroline Harper & Nicola Jones, November 2009.

From the article:

Key points
• Twenty years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children’s rights are still not seen as a serious political issue
• Children’s rights should be mainst… Continue

Added by Jennifer Tang on February 8, 2010 at 12:58pm — 2 Comments

Elise RCMP rescues suspected victims of child porn ring

A recent article in the Vancouver Sun explains how six young Surrey children were among seven Canadian kids rescued by police this week as suspected victims of an international child pornography ring.

The police were alerted to the situation from an international source that linked the image exchange to a British Columbian home.

This article is a great example of how people are working across borders to stop this awlful situation from occuring.

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Added by Elise on February 8, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

ismail mohamed abdi Child protection meeting

Child Protection Meeting Somaliland Ministry of Justice organized meeting for UN, INGOs and local organization involving in Child protection issues. The meeting was held in Ministry of Justice on 27/1/2010, at 9:00 AM-10:30 AM. Agenda of the meeting was to develop concrete strategy plan for coordinating child protection activities in the country under Ministry of Justice. The meeting was chaired by Vice Minister of Ministry of justice A Seniors officers from various organizations attended t… Continue

Added by ismail mohamed abdi on January 27, 2010 at 8:14am — 1 Comment

Elise Raffi Opens Centre for Child Honoring

One of the most widely recognized children's entertainers, Raffi, has opened a Centre for Child Honoring on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia Canada. The Centre aims to "TO HELP TRANSFORM SOCIETIES FOR THE GREATEST GOOD by meeting the needs of their young, the Centre plans to launch project initiatives within the sectors of Education, Communications, Innovation and Society." Check out their website http://www.childhonouring.org/… Continue

Added by Elise on January 25, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Holly Courtright Media Release on Daily Media Use Among Children and Youth from the Kaiser Family Foundation

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released the results of a large scale surey on the use of media among chidren and teens. The report is based on a survey conducted between October 2008 and May 2009 among a nationally representative sample of 2,002 3rd-12th grade students ages 8-18. Read more. Continue

Added by Holly Courtright on January 20, 2010 at 12:15pm — 1 Comment

Elise CIDA released report on Juvenile Justice in Russia: Models, Design and the Road Ahead

The Juvenile Justice in Russia publication is designed to provide readers with an overview and description of the models that were developed and tested to date in the pilot project regions in Russia as part of the Improving Services for Youth at Risk in the Russian Federation Project – later YAR Project. Juvenile Justice Models Part I.pdf Continue

Added by Elise on January 4, 2010 at 5:20pm — No Comments

Golam Mostafa What have we achieved ?

I am Mostafa from Bangladesh. Happy New year to all. The year 2009 is coming to an end and on such occasion one tends to ask oneself: "What have I achieved for the children " or in donor terms "What was the sustainable impact of my activities for the children?" To know more about "impact" please click the link: http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/10960530301karaoke.swf Continue

Added by Golam Mostafa on December 31, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Holly Courtright 2 well articulated blog posts on children and ICT

The following blog posts, authored by Maya Ganesh touch on a number of issues surrounding children and ICT. She raises some very good points and asks some very interesting and poignant questions. The Tyranny of Binaries: Child Protection, Sexuality and Safety Online.… Continue

Added by Holly Courtright on December 22, 2009 at 11:29am — No Comments

ismail mohamed abdi Children's Amnesty

57 children were released from prisons through Somaliland president amnesty on 17/12/2009. Save children Denmark and Ministry of Justice , UNICEF and local partners named CCBRS organized the release of the children. Save the children Denmark provided cloths and medical , transportation from prison to Hargeisa and cost for transportation to join to families . CCBRS also conducted check up during the release of the children at the prisons. In addition to that, Save the children Denmark and Ministr… Continue

Added by ismail mohamed abdi on December 18, 2009 at 6:27am — No Comments

Holly Courtright Overview of CPP Thailand Consultation on Strengthening Law Enforcement Released

An overview of the first CPP Thailand consultation on strengthening law enforcement and protectiv mechanisms supporting child sexual exploitation is now available. Read more. Continue

Added by Holly Courtright on December 17, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

martha nelems Child Protection Working Group Summary

SUMMARY: The child protection working group of the Child Rights in Practice Conference hosted by the International Institute for Child Rights and Development in October 2009 is exploring the idea of a new project involving the testing of monitoring and evaluation (M/E) tools for the field of child protection. The group including academics, researchers, and NGO staff from different countries agreed on the urgent need to do better testing of the current tools available for Child Protection M / E.… Continue

Added by martha nelems on December 15, 2009 at 1:13am — No Comments

athapol a. Multisector Child Rights' Activity in Thailand (updated):

Team of professor from Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University in co-operation with IICRD (Canada), UNICEF Thailand and DLA: Department of Local Administration (Ministry of Interior) provided the five days workshop on 'Child Rights-based Local Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Results for Children during 8 -12 December 2009. 41 participants from local agencies of 25 provinces were involved in the workshop where learning space and platform were created. IICRD innovation on 'the RIGH… Continue

Added by athapol a. on December 11, 2009 at 8:31pm — 3 Comments

Holly Courtright CPP working with partners at Brazilla's 8th Annual National Congress for the Rights of Children

A national child rights conference put on by the government unit of CONANDA (National Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents) in Brazil is in progress until December 9, 2009. The 8th National Conference on the Rights of Children and Adolescents brings together senior decision makers from across the country for the purpose of devising a plan of action for presentation to the Brazil Presidential candidates in August 2010. CPP’s… Continue

Added by Holly Courtright on December 8, 2009 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Holly Courtright Child Protection Partnership's e-newsletter is now available

The Child Protection Partnership has worked to put together their first Issue of NetNews which is now available for viewing. Please click here for a look at the work that CPP is doing to target ICT enabled child sexual exploitation and feel free to join our mailing list to keep abreast of future work and upcoming events. Continue

Added by Holly Courtright on December 4, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Jon Ramer Greetings Members! This was a big month for the Child Rights in Practice social network. There are now...

Greetings Members! This was a big month for the Child Rights in Practice social network. There are now over 240 members in over 90 countries and the number of visits has increased over 100% since the CRIP Learning Forum conference. It seems fitting that this first month would include the… Continue

Added by Jon Ramer on November 29, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

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