Child rights toolkit launched

Promoting Human Rights in Bangladesh

UNICEF and the European Union (EU) yesterday launched the ‘Child Rights Toolkit: Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation’ as part of their collaboration with Bangladesh to collectively “promote human rights in all areas of external action” and integrate children’s rights into all operational development cooperation activities.
This toolkit will provide practical guidance to all donors and social actors on how to operationalise a rights-based, child-focused approach to development programming, budgeting, policymaking and law-making. It was launched in the presence of Anisul Huq, MP and minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs.
Pierre Mayaudon, ambassador and head of the EU delegation to Bangladesh, said, “This toolkit aims to ensure children’s rights and initiatives to promote the well-being of all children. It aims to ensure that such initiatives can be effectively integrated and applied across programmes of bilateral and multilateral development assistance.”
“Children are central to development. They are the greatest drivers of change in society. Gains achieved by investments in children far exceed those in other areas,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative.
“To achieve sustainable change, children must be our highest priority, and the first call on our resources. Investments in children yield long-term returns and benefits not only for children and their families, but also for societies in general,” he added.
The toolkit contains more than 80 innovative and easy-to-use tools in eight thematic modules, covering child rights in development programming, child participation and impact assessments, child rights in governance and crisis situations, and budgeting.  
It deliberately looks beyond traditional child-focused sectors (such as nutrition, health, and education) and includes practical guidance and readymade tools for different sectors and stages of the programming cycle.
The Child Rights Toolkit comes at a critical moment, as it itself observes: “In the context of the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and as we prepare for a post-2015 world, business as usual is not enough. We need new ways of engaging partners and building social and political space for children—focusing, in particular, on the most affected and most disadvantaged children.”
“The toolkit is useful not only for civil society partners engaged in the design or implementation of programmes with a development focus, but for all parties involved, including state bodies. The intention is for those engaged in children’s development to be able to apply new knowledge to effectively guarantee child rights,” it says.
Child Rights Toolkit can be obtained online for free in English, Spanish and French versions.

 

Child rights toolkit launched

Promoting Human Rights in Bangladesh

UNICEF and the European Union (EU) yesterday launched the Child Rights Toolkit: Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation as part of their collaboration with Bangladesh to collectively promote human rights in all areas of external action and integrate childrens rights into all operational development cooperation activities. This toolkit will provide practical guidance to all donors and social actors on how to operationalise a rights-based, child-focused approach to development programming, budgeting, policymaking and law-making. It was launched in the presence of Anisul Huq, MP and minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs. Pierre Mayaudon, ambassador and head of the EU delegation to Bangladesh, said, This toolkit aims to ensure childrens rights and initiatives to promote the well-being of all children. It aims to ensure that such initiatives can be effectively integrated and applied across programmes of bilateral and multilateral development assistance. Children are central to development. They are the greatest drivers of change in society. Gains achieved by investments in children far exceed those in other areas, said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative. To achieve sustainable change, children must be our highest priority, and the first call on our resources. Investments in children yield long-term returns and benefits not only for children and their families, but also for societies in general, he added. The toolkit contains more than 80 innovative and easy-to-use tools in eight thematic modules, covering child rights in development programming, child participation and impact assessments, child rights in governance and crisis situations, and budgeting. It deliberately looks beyond traditional child-focused sectors (such as nutrition, health, and education) and includes practical guidance and readymade tools for different sectors and stages of the programming cycle. The Child Rights Toolkit comes at a critical moment, as it itself observes: In the context of the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and as we prepare for a post-2015 world, business as usual is not enough. We need new ways of engaging partners and building social and political space for childrenfocusing, in particular, on the most affected and most disadvantaged children. The toolkit is useful not only for civil society partners engaged in the design or implementation of programmes with a development focus, but for all parties involved, including state bodies. The intention is for those engaged in childrens development to be able to apply new knowledge to effectively guarantee child rights, it says. Child Rights Toolkit can be obtained online for free in English, Spanish and French versions.