15 March 2006 Rights CRINMAIL 21
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- RIGHTS-BASED PROGRAMMING: Equalinrights Project [call for resource persons]
- HUMAN RIGHTS & DEVELOPMENT: Donor Approaches [report]
- SOUTH EAST ASIA & ASIA PACIFIC: Child Rights Programming Resources [reports]
- RIGHTS-BASED PROGRAMMING: Distance Learning Course [training]
- CHILD PARTICIPATION: UNICEF Youth Voice Project [website]
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RIGHTS-BASED PROGRAMMING: Equalinrights Project [call for resource persons]
The Equal in Rights Project is calling for information for its database of resource persons on applying a human rights based approach to development. Equalinrights is an independent international resource centre and support network that operates as a project within the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights. Equalinrights was established in August 2005 in response to an identified gap in support, resources and know-how in understanding and implementing a human rights-based attack on poverty.
One of the current priorities at Equalinrights is to develop a database of resource persons across the breadth of human rights-based strategies. This project responds to a significant gap in awareness of expertise in these areas. Many diverse organisations, ranging from grassroots development organisations, national human rights NGOS and international development agencies, are struggling to find good and reliable resource persons to support them in trainings, strategy development, ongoing consultancy support and general advice. Equalinrights are thus looking for people with a range of experiences, motivated to support the advancement of human rights, strengthen civil society and build the global coalition against poverty and neo-liberal domination.
This resource database will eventually form part of a larger joint resource centre on tools, methodologies and conceptual papers around the application of the human rights-based approach and the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights. This will involve an interactive process of development through which Equalinrights will also seek to bring together those working closely in this area to develop best practices for human rights-based strategies. Equalinrights hopes to work collaboratively to identify gaps and to evolve human rights and development practice in order to work more effectively towards the empowerment of all human beings to live in human dignity.
Through this process Equalinrights will also seek to identify geographical areas where there is a lack of expertise and know-how in applying human rights-based strategies. It proposes then to support identified potential resource persons through trainings, further study, internships and experience exchange with others.
More information on the purpose and use of the database of resource persons and the skills and experience sought
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7540&flag=news
The Equalinrights website will be launched mid-March 2006 at the following address: http://www.equalinrights.org
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HUMAN RIGHTS & DEVELOPMENT: Donor Approaches [report]
During 2005, ODI undertook a study for the OECD DAC Human Rights and Development Task Team reviewing and analysing the approaches of different donor agencies to human rights. This study is the most comprehensive and up-to-date of its kind and has contributed to a process that will lead to the DAC's first policy statement on human rights. Also during 2005, a UK NGO Inter-Agency Group on Rights-Based Approaches undertook an evaluation to test the assumption that implementing a rights-based approach increases the impact of their programmes on poverty. In this meeting, the lead authors of these complementary studies will presented their findings and recommendations.
Following the high-level events of 2005, it is important for the development community to both sustain momentum and identify strategic priorities. The meeting contributed to this process by comparing government and NGO approaches and examining the evidence regarding the impact of rights-based approaches. It considered the opportunities for the further integration of human rights within aid policies and strategies, and ask whether governments can learn from NGO experiences.
For more information, contact:
Public Affairs
Overseas Development Institute
111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD, UK
Tel:+44 (0)20 7922 0300; Fax:+44 (0)20 7922 0399
Read the full report of the meeting
http://www.crin.org/hrbap/index.asp?action=theme.docitem&item=7657
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SOUTH EAST ASIA & THE PACIFIC: Child Rights Programming Resources [reports]
Measuring Impact Effectiveness with a Child Rights Programming Perspective
The report of the South Asia and Asia & Pacifica Regional Workshop on Good Practices - a Child Rights Programming Perspective responds to a need to share good practices in child rights programming. Practitioners often do not have or take the time to document and share their good practices. The workshop provided a forum for sharing concrete examples of good practices. This report highlights the main ideas and thinking that came out of the workshop.
Visit: http://www.crin.org/hrbap/index.asp?action=theme.infoitem&item=6419
Good Practices – A Child Rights Programming Perspective
The report of SEAP Region Workshop on Measuring Impact Effectiveness with a Child Rights Programming Perspective is based on two monitoring and evaluation workshops in South Asia. In the first workshop, held in Kathmandu in 2004, participants discussed ideas about child rights programming with input from evaluation specialists. In the second workshop, held in Delhi in 2005, participants discussed experiences from Bangladesh. The ideas and frameworks from the Delhi workshop were extracted to draft a Monitoring and Evaluation toolkit.
Visit: http://www.crin.org/hrbap/index.asp?action=theme.infoitem&item=7152
Advocacy for Realising Child Rights
This report focuses on three main areas for advocacy: gender-based violence, physical and psychological punishment and children's education in emergencies. Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7548
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RIGHTS-BASED PROGRAMMING: Distance Learning Course [training]
Date: 20 September - 12 December 2006
Location: Distance Learning
This distance learning course introduces staff members of (international) development agencies and NGOs to rights-based programming.
A human rights-based approach is a conceptual framework for the process of human development that is normatively based on international human rights standards and operationally directed to promoting and protecting human rights. Essentially, a human rights-based approach integrates the norms, standards and principles of the international human rights system into the plans, policies and processes of programme development.
Participants will deepen their knowledge about project and programme development from a human rights framework and learn how to apply the principles of equity, empowerment, participation and accountability to various phases of project planning and implementation. Participants will also gain sensitivity to how programs can integrate non-discriminatory practice and give attention to vulnerable groups. The course will focus on practical tools for human rights situation assessment, programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation within the rights-based conceptual framework.
The course involves approximately 50 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructors/facilitators and assignments, and is offered over a 10-week period, beginning on 21 March 2007. E-mail will be the main medium for the course, although participants will need to have periodic access to the Web. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. The course instructor will provide individualized feedback where appropriate. Participants will do the required readings, prepare interim and final assignments and participate in group discussions. The maximum number of course participants is 25. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation. It is also possible to be an auditor of the course.
The deadline for applications is 1 December 2006.
For more information, contact:
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
Postbus 59225, 1040 KE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tel: + 31 20 524 1404; Fax: + 31 20 524 1498
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hrea.org
Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7478
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CHILD PARTICIPATION: UNICEF Youth Voice Project [website]
UNICEF has recently launched its new UNICEF Youth Voice site - http://www.unicef.org.uk/youthvoice. Designed in consultation with young people, this site has now replaced UNICEF UK's The Rights Site. Aimed at 11 to 18-year-olds, the site provides young people with news and information, as well as tips on fundraising, campaigning and spreading the word about children's rights.
Young people can sign up to join UNICEF Youth Voice, a network of young people who want to help to create a world fit for children. They'll receive a bi-monthly newsletter, featuring all the latest opportunities for young people in the UK:
The Youth Voice site provides:
- opportunities to get more directly involved in UNICEF's work
- information about children's rights, including a youth-friendly version of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- up-to-date information about the State of the World's Children, the Millennium Development Goals, and the biggest issues faced by children globally
- all the latest from UNICEF's global campaign, Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS competitions (and games, coming soon)
The UNICEF Youth Voice team welcomes any suggestion or comment.
For more information, contact:
Hannah Wright, UNICEF Youth Voice Web Editor
Email: [email protected]
Visit: http://www.unicef.org.uk/youthvoice
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