6 September 2005 - CRINMAIL 710
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- GIRLS' EDUCATION: Cost of School Beyond Reach of Millions [publication]
- DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION: Children without Parental Care [event]
- CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE: Subgroup on Violence against Children [news]
- EDUCATION FOR ALL: 60 Weeks to Celebrate 60 Years of UNESCO [news]
- DENMARK: Conference on Child Protection in Emergencies [event]
- BIRTH REGISTRATION: 2nd Eastern and Southern Africa Conference [event]
- EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children - AFRUCA [job postings]
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- GIRLS' EDUCATION: Cost of School Beyond Reach of Millions [publication]
[LONDON, 2 September 2005] - On the first day of the new school term, new research published by Save the Children reveals the prohibitive cost of school around the world, often beyond the reach of many parents. In Liberia for example, sending one child to school costs half the average income of £62. This means sending two children would cost a full year's salary.
The research, "60 Million Girls", launched in advance of next week's UN Summit, demonstrates that school fees are the biggest barrier to girls going to school. It shows that if fees were abolished in just 13 sub-Saharan countries an extra 4.5 million children would immediately go to school. When Uganda abolished school fees in 1997 the number of girls in school more than doubled within three years.
As many Governments do not have enough resources to financially support schools and abolish school fees, Save the Children calls on world leaders attending the UN Summit to commit to achieving the education Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by ensuring all girls and boys complete a primary education by 2015.
A crucial first step to making this happen is for world leaders to enable school fees to be abolished urgently by 2006. With 100 million children still denied an education, 60 million of whom are girls, this is vital.
Fiona Weir, Director of Policy and Communications at Save the Children said: 'Giving girls an education is one of the best ways to reduce poverty, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS but unless world leaders act now, they will condemn yet another generation to poverty. The UN Summit will be make or break. World leaders must show real commitment to abolishing school fees as a crucial step to making this a reality."
For more information, contact:
Save the Children UK
1 St. John's Lane, London EC1M 4AR, UK
Tel: + 44 20 7012 6400; Fax: + 44 20 7012 6963
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6157
To know more about the 2005 World Summit, visit CRIN's website: http://www.crin.org/mdgnews
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- DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION: Children without Parental Care [event]
Date: 16 September 2005
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
In accordance with rule 75 of its provisional rules of procedures, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the body of independent experts responsible for reviewing progress made by States parties in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, has decided to devote periodically one day of general discussion to a specific article of the Convention or to a child rights theme. At its 37th session (in September 2004), the Committee decided to devote its next discussion day on "Children without parental care".
The UN General Assembly 2002 Special Session on Children recognised that there are currently many children who are orphaned or otherwise separated from their parents due to a large variety of reasons. It adopted a Plan of Action, which committed Members States to take special measures "to support such children and the institutions, facilities and services that care for them, and to build and strengthen children's own abilities to protect themselves".
The Day of General Discussion will take place on Friday 16 September 2005, at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Palais Wilson, 52 rue des Paquis), during the 40th session of the Committee at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The purpose of the discussion is to foster a deeper understanding of the contents and implications of the Convention on this topic, improve implementation, and identify practical solutions and steps for ensuring that the rights of children living without parental care are respected.
Written contributions submitted by NGOs to the Committee on the Rights of the Child are available on the CRIN website at: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.40/Discussion.asp
For more information, contact:
Secretariat, Committee on the Rights of the Child
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/discussion.htm
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- CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE: Subgroup on Violence against Children [news]
Date: 15 September 2005
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
The Subgroup on Violence against Children (NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child) meeting will offer an opportunity to touch base with the work of the UN Study on Violence against Children now that the regional consultations are over. The Director of the Study Secretariat, Amaya Gillespie, will share what has happened so far as well as plans ahead. The meeting is also expected to have "under 18" participants reporting from children's activities in Europe and South Asia.
This subgroup meeting is also open to NGOs that are not members of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The meeting will take place on 15 September at 3pm (sharp) in the ground floor meeting room, 1 rue de Varembé (same building as NGO Group secretariat).
For more information, contact:
Helena Gezelius, Convenor the Subgroup
Email: [email protected]
Visit: http://www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=6142
The next important date will be 14 October 2005, when the Independent Expert will present his progress report to the General Assembly. The report will focus on the strategy which was adopted for the collection of information for the Study, including the government questionnaires, the regional and other consultations, field visits of the Independent Expert, analysis of the CRC observations and recommendations, the work of the special procedure mandate holders of the Commission on Human Rights, the Expert Thematic Meetings, the public submissions, etc.
More information will be available on the violence website: http://www.childrenandviolence.org or on the UN Study's website: http://www.violencestudy.org
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- EDUCATION FOR ALL: 60 Weeks to Celebrate 60 Years of UNESCO [news]
[PARIS, 5 September 2005] - UNESCO is celebrating its birthday with a 60-week commemoration starting September 5. Each week is dedicated to theme, beginning with Education for All (EFA).
EFA represents an ambitious agenda to meet the world's learning needs by 2015 and UNESCO draws on the benefit of 60 years of experience to coordinate international efforts.
This first week of celebration coincides with the International Literacy Day on 8 September.
To know more about Education for All, visit:
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=41591&URL_DO=DO_TOPI...
To know more about the International Literacy Day, visit: http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=41537&URL_DO=DO_TOPI...
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- DENMARK: Conference on Child Protection in Emergencies [event]
Date: 2 November 2005
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Save the Children Denmark is organising a one-day conference on Child Protection in Emergencies in Copenhagen in November. The objectives of the conference are to create increased awareness and recognition on the importance of child protection and push for action.
Focus will be put on the following themes: Uganda - a case of lack of child protection - what can be done?; Co-operation among state and non-state actors in child protection; The need to integrate child protection in humanitarian responses; Sexual and Gender based violence against children and other key protection concerns; Lack of education for children affected by war.
Among the speakers are Angelina Atiam, chair person on Concerned Parents Association in Uganda - and mother of a daughter who was abducted by LRA for several years, Ulla Tørnæs, development Minister, Karin Sham Poo, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on children in Armed Conflict and representatives from EU, UNICEF, Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and other child protection specialists.
For more information, contact:
Caspar Strand, Communication Departement
Save the Children Denmark
Rosenørns Allé 12, DK - 1634 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Tel: + 45 35 24 85 20
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.savethechildren.dk
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6145&flag=event
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- BIRTH REGISTRATION: 2nd Eastern and Southern Africa Conference [event]
Date: 26-30 September 2005
Location: Mombasa, Kenya
Plan Kenya is organising the Second Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAR) Birth Registration Conference in September 2005. About 200 delegates from 25 countries in the region are expected to attend the conference scheduled to take place in Mombasa.
This is a follow-up of the 2002 Anglophone Africa Workshop on Birth Registration held in Uganda, the 2003 observation of "Birth Registration" as the theme of the Day of the African Child, and the Lusophone Conference held in April 2005.
The meeting, which is targeting Civil Registrars, CSOs and other Government Ministries, will share ideas on how to promote birth registration activities in the face of many challenges such as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, conflicts and poverty.
The meeting will comprise field visits to link practical interactions with conference themes. The visits, organised jointly by Plan Kenya and District Commissioners, will cover Malindi, Kwale and other parts of the coastline. During the field visits the delegates will learn about the role of assistant chiefs, chiefs and village elders in birth registration.
For more information, contact:
Plan Kenya
Email: [email protected]
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6158&flag=event
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- EMPLOYMENT: Save the Children - AFRUCA [job postings]
SAVE THE CHILDREN UK: Child Participation Adviser
Job type: Permanent, full-time. Starting ASAP
Location: London, UK
The Child Participation Adviser will play a key role in enabling the organisation to deliver quality, meaningful participation and in advocating for it internationally. S/he will work towards achieving lasting practice and policy changes that enable children to enjoy their rights to participation. S/he will help shape and develop Save the Children's Child Rights strategy and then work with staff in the policy teams and country programmes to make it happen. The Adviser will provide specialist input and support to the advocacy and programme activities in the UK and worldwide, helping to create spaces where children can claim their rights. S/he will also maintain a strategic overview of the issues in the area, and through delivering training, managing research and international advocacy, raise the profile of Save the Chilren's child participation work.
Application deadline: 19 September 2005
For more information, contact:
Guy Cave, Child Rights Programming Adviser
Save the Children UK
1 St John's Lane, London EC1M 4AR, UK
Tel: + 44 20 7012 6853
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/jobs
SAVE THE CHILDREN US: Programme Manager Azerbaijan
Job type: Full-time
Location: Goranboy, Mingechevir, Baku, Azerbaijan
The Programme Manager is responsible for the overall management of the Co-operative Agreement, providing strategic and operational leadership for the "Community-Based Children's Support Programme", a three year project addressing the needs of institutionalised and other vulnerable children in Azerbaijan via the establishment of three community-supported Children's Protection and Development Centres. S/he will liaise closely with USAID, Save the Children technical staff based in the USA, government authorities and sub grantee partners; ensures timely submission of all deliverables to USAID, including annual work plans and budgets; oversees the monitoring of performance in relation to results, and supervises key personnel assigned to the project; and participates in fundraising, proposal development and design of additional related projects.
For more information, contact:
Save the Children US
54 Wilton Road, Westport, CT 06880, US
Tel: + 1 203 221 4030; Fax: + 1 203 227 5667
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.savethechildren.org/careers/index.asp
AFRUCA - AFRICANS UNITE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE: Child Advocacy Officer
Job type: 2 years, part-time (21 hours/week)
Location: London, UK
AFRUCA is one of the leading charities promoting the welfare of African children in the UK. Their London Advocacy Project has been developed to enable in-depth work within the African community, with faith groups, practitioners and policymakers to promote the safeguarding of African children from abuse and harm. The post-holder will provide reliable support in strengthening and managing this project. Experienced in community outreach work and advocacy, s/he must have a strong understanding of key issues and challenges faced by African children and their families in the UK. S/he must demonstrate knowledge of child protection issues and an understanding of UK law on child protection. This is a strategic post that will bring you in contact with a wide range of stakeholders on children's issues across London.
Application deadline: 19 September 2005.
For more information, contact:
AFRUCA - Africans Unite against Child Abuse
Unit 4S Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1 3QP, UK
Tel: + 44 20 7704 2261; Fax: + 44 20 7704 2266
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.afruca.org
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