Tuesday 14 June 2011
The first five years
This video was shown by Dr. Patrice Engle, Professor at the Department of Psychology and Child Development at the Cal Poly State University (San Luis Obispo, USA)
Resources
Child Protection: A Handbook for Parliamentarians
Adopting and enforcing strong laws protecting children, overseeing government activity, allocating financial resources, raising awareness and providing advocacy are what parliamentarians can do to help alleviate children's suffering.
This IPU/UNICEF co-publication, launched at the IPU’s 110th International Assembly in April 2004, serves as a catalyst for action, providing examples of parliamentarians’ responses to the challenges of child protection and addressing 10 specific protection issues
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Parliamentarians urged to support reforms to develop, protect the most vulnerable children
YEREVAN, Armenia, 14 June, 2011 — A major conference of Parliamentarians from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States was urged today to speed up reforms to support the development and protection of vulnerable children.
More than 40 delegates from 10 countries attended the meeting organised by the National Assembly of Armenia, the Inter Parliamentary Union, and UNICEF. The Parliamentarians were looking at ways to make child rights a reality for the most vulnerable children.
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More than 40 delegates from 10 countries attended the meeting organised by the National Assembly of Armenia, the Inter Parliamentary Union, and UNICEF. The Parliamentarians were looking at ways to make child rights a reality for the most vulnerable children.
full article
Good question...
Here is one of our upcoming interview questions: "Do children have any way of contributing to the legislative process to protect themselves?"
Comments appreciated :-)
Comments appreciated :-)
Session 1 - Overview of Parliamentary action for child rights
Quotes on our twitter channel
Keynote speech
Mr Trond Waage, former ombudsman for children, Norway: "Rights of children are moving forward. They are more and more important now. The children are all independent beings. We must listen to their opinions."
Opening ceremony
Ms L. Moshiri, UNICEF Representative: "The CEECIS region has the highest number of children in residential institutions in the world."
Opening ceremony
Mr A.B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the IPU: "Children must know their rights and we must take their rights into consideration at this conference."
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