Our advocacy work aims to facilitate the creation of political processes and social relations that ensure the protection of the rights of children as children and as human beings. Another goal is to enable children to participate in all arenas of society.
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A basic principle that guides our advocacy activities is the concept of “mainstreaming” efforts in working with children and working to promote their rights. In addition, we work with and for children in creating awareness among people about children’s value as social agents because children are active individuals and not passive ones as traditionally thought of. Our advocacy work is inextricably linked with our research, capability-building, disaster response, and monitoring and evaluation programs because these provide us the theoretical and practical handles to engage in effective advocacy activities. Our advocacy program brings us to work with local and international NGOs, international development agencies, and government agencies towards building an enabling environment for children’s participation and towards greater awareness of the general public on childhood and children’s rights and issues. Our advocacy work has allowed us to participate in crafting better laws for children in the Philippines; in campaigning against child abuse, child labor, trafficking, and child prostitution and victimization in pornography; in fighting for the better treatment of child domestic workers; in encouraging for the greater participation of children in social processes; and in working against the use of children in armed conflict and the better treatment of children from indigenous communities. Through our advocacy we aim to make this world a much better place for children where their rights are recognized and respected by all, including themselves. |
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