Session 1: Overview of Child Rights in Development Cooperation

2. Session 1: Overview of Child Rights in Development Cooperation

3. Session map • Regional priorities • Key facts • Definitions, international legal framework • General Measures of Implementation • Translating international commitments into practice • Child-rights based Country Context Analysis

4. What is meant by child rights? Child rights refers to: • A set of legally binding norms and standards for the care and protection of children – that apply to all children at all times in all situations Key treaties: • CRC • CEDAW • CRPD • African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights • African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

5. Definition of a ‘Child’ • According to the CRC: • Children are defined in the CRC as all those below the age of 18 years. • Childhood • Is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a period “entitled to special care and assistance.”

6. CRC four guiding principles • Non-discrimination • Best interests of the child • Life, survival, and development • Participation

7. Rights under the CRC • Survival and development rights • Rights to the resources, skills and contributions necessary for survival and full development • Protection rights • Protection from all forms of child abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence • Participation rights • Entitled to express their opinions and to have a say in all matters that affect them

8. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child • Specific provisions of the Charter relative to the CRC • Emerging priorities based on review of country reports and consultations on the African Common Position on Post-2015 • Opportunities for international cooperation in Africa

9. Why take a CR approach? • It is an Obligation • Legal and political moral/ethical obligation by national governments • Obligation of international cooperation actors as well (EU commitments, UNICEF mandate, etc) • It is an Opportunity • Necessary for the achievement of development outcomes

10. Measures of implementation Translating the CRC commitments into practice • Legislation must be compatible with the CRC • Develop process of assessing impact of laws/policies • Developing a national strategy for children • Ensuring adequate resources allocations • Permanent mechanisms in gov’t for M&E • Training, education & capacity building • Cooperation/coordination with civil society • Appropriate indicators and sufficient data collection • Statutory independent children’s rights institutions

11. Questions & comments

12. CR-based Country Context Analysis An essential first step to integrating child rights commitments into development cooperation • Accurately identify trends, patterns, incidence and causes of key deprivations • Identify and analyse barriers and bottlenecks • Ensure that the most marginalized and excluded populations are prioritized • Analyse whether evidence-based interventions and services are prioritized in national policies, laws, strategies, plans and budgets

13. Use of Analysis • For policy dialogue • Basis for dialogue with partner governments • During project identification • Are child rights objectives articulated? • Do activities contribute to/challenge existing inequalities? • Are there child rights issues not addressed? • During identification & formulation phases • Identify entry points for actions needed to meet child rights objectives • During monitoring & evaluation: • Ensure a child rights-sensitive M&E system is in place • Establish indicators to measure achievement of objectives

14. Steps in undertakingCR-based Country Context Analysis Step 1: • Review critical resources • CRC Committee’s concluding observations • UNICEF situation analysis • Reports & analyses from child rights organizations such as Save the Children • Other sources of data • Assess whether additional data is needed • Identify data gaps

15. Steps in undertakingCR-based Country Context Analysis • Step 2: Analyse patterns of social exclusion and identify underlying factors • Causality analysis • Role-pattern analysis • Capacity-gap analysis • Analysis of the enabling environment

16. Immediate causes “Status, and direct influences” Underlying causes “Services, Access, Practices” Basic /structural causes “Society, Policies, Resources” CR-based Country Context Analysis 1. Causality analysis: Asking “Why?” Development challenge/Rights not fulfilled

17. CR-based Country Context Analysis Causality Analysis: The Problem Tree Effects The problem tree is a tool for consensus building and participation. It allows discussion with rights-holders and duty bearers on the main development challenges and root causes Causes

18. Problem 1: increasing HIV/AIDS infection rates Problem 2: Girls’ Education → Immediate Causes → Underlying Causes →Root Causes Core Problem Area: Gender Discrimination Causality Analysis: Identifying Core Problems Gender discrimination affects the realization of multiple MDGs and their associated rights

19. Causality Analysis: Case example Filipino migrant workers • Facts of the case • As you review the facts of the case, consider the full range of issues described • In groups, discuss: • How would you define the key problem in this case from a child-rights standpoint?

20. Group activity – Part I Review the background scenario with your group • Define the problem statement for your case based on your scenario • Using the cards on your table note down: • One immediate cause • One underlying cause • One root cause

21. Causality Analysis: Case example Filipino migrant workers

22. CR-based Country Context Analysis Capacity/Gap & Role-Pattern • Capacity-gap analysis • Examines the capacity of key individuals and institutions responsible for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of children. • Role-pattern analysis • Delves into the roles and relationships between duty-bearers and rights holders in relation to specific rights.

23. Capacity/Gap & Role-Pattern AnalysisExample: Filipino migrant workers

24. CR-based Country Context Analysis 4. Enabling Environment Analysis • Examines broader policy, legal, administrative and budgetary issues and social norms that influence the realization of the human rights of children and women and the reduction of inequalities.

25. CR-based Country Context AnalysisExample: Enabling environment analysis

26. Group Activity

27. Group activity – Part II Review the background scenario with your group • Using the blank forms, work through the different levels of analysis with your group: • Causal analysis, using the problem statement developed during buzz groups • Role-pattern and Capacity-gap analysis • Enabling environment analysis