The Groupe Enfance, a collective of 19 NGOs fighting for children's rights internationally, publishes a document to help CSOs better integrate children's rights in their projects.
Non-governmental organisations, whether in the humanitarian or development field, are generally very familiar with the Convention on the Rights of the ChildThe Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989 by the United Nations, has been ratified by 196 of the 197 States (only the United States has signed it) and is the most comprehensive document on children's rights to date. However, there is often still a gap between knowing it and putting it into practice with precision on a daily basis in the context of each of its actions.
A tool to better integrate children's rights
This is why the Children's Groupwhich brings together 19 NGOs fighting for the Rights of the Child internationally, including Aide et Action, wanted to produce a document to help NGOs better understand the guiding principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to better integrate a "children's rights approach" into their logic and methods of intervention.
Critical thinking for progress
The document, which is presented in the form of a checklist, offers NGOs a grid for reading their programmes according to the stages of the project and the different stakeholders and actors. The tool is not intended to be exhaustive, but it invites critical reflection on the actions carried out and opens the way to numerous transformations and improvements. The "Checklist", available free of charge on the Groupe Enfance websiteIt is also aimed at government technical services and the private sector, whether they are child rights professionals or not. It also targets technical and financial partners of civil society organisations in order to guide them in assessing the integration of a child rights-based approach in projects.
