A teachers training was organised by ANPPCAN-Tanzania on child rights for facilitating child rights clubs. The training was done on 13th June, 2019 at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University. This training brought together 8 primary school teachers from 4 schools who were. The teachers were facilitated on awareness of child rights.
Action against emotional abuse and corporal punishments in Sri Lanka
Under the project of “Expanding the Child Rights Zone in Sri Lanka” funded by Global March, actors in the civil society organization and government were approached through the capacity development and advocacy initiatives to enable them as contributors to address the issues of emotions abuse and corporal punishment against children
National Consultation on Implementation of ILO C.182 Organised in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF), with the support of Terre des hommes Netherlands (TdH-NL) and Global Against Child Labour organiSed a National Consultation titled “Implementation of ILO C182: Opportunities and Challenges” on 26 September 2019. The Consultation was attended by Mr. Md. Fazle Rabbi Miah, MP, Honorable Deputy Speaker of
State Parliamentary Forum Organised in Nepal
State Parliamentary Forum: Sudurpaschim Province Level Discussion with Parliamentarians
Swatantrata Abhiyan, Nepal in collaboration with Ministry of Social Development organised Sudurpaschim Province Level Discussion with Parliamentarians on Countering Human Trafficking and Child Labour on 6th July 2019 at Hotel Devotee, Dhangadhi, Kailali. The meeting was attended by 36 Parliamentarians and
Strengthening CSOs’ engagement with the VNR process in Uganda
GMACL partner in Uganda, NOTU held a meeting with the National Planning Authority of Uganda, which is responsible for submitting the Voluntary National Review (VNR), to encourage the inclusion of reporting on SDG 8.7 and CSO participation. Further, NOTU set up two informal meetings with 10 CSOs, working on diverse
Parliamentarians Without Borders for Children’s Rights-Tanzania Chapter Meeting
ANPPCAN Tanzania convened the Tanzania Chapter meeting of Parliamentarians Without Borders for Children’s Rights in April 2019 where they presented a concept note to the MPs, finalised the PWB guidelines and initiated a dialogue on key issues of child labour and trafficking, out of school children, expanding budgets for children
Global March Latin America Members Join Hands to Accelerate Progress in the Region
On June 25-26, Global March Against Child Labour Regional Forum on Achieving SDG 8.7 was organised in Costa Rica with the aim to understand the situation of child labour and adolescents in work in the region and to decide on a joint way forward to address the issue. The workshop
Parliamentarians Without Borders for Children’s Rights- Sri Lanka Chapter Kick- off Meeting
Global March’s implementing partner in Sri Lanka, Centre for Children’s Happiness (CCH Sri Lanka) convened the Network Forum or the Parliamentarians Without Borders- Sri Lanka Chapter that brought together diverse political leaders and parliamentarians, to disseminate knowledge and information about Sri Lanka’s child rights situation. The forum, held on 11th
Fostering Youth Advocacy in Nepal
Global March Against Child Labour’s (Global March) implementing partner in Nepal, Swatantrata Abhiyan (SAN), is working towards mobilizing the youth to vigorously participate in advocating the eradication of child labour, forced labour and human trafficking. On 13th May 2019, SAN organised a ‘Youth campaign to end Child Labour, Forced Labour
Kick Off Meeting: Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights of Bangladesh
On 15 May 2019, Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights of Bangladesh was constituted and a kick off meeting was organised at IPD Conference Hall at Sher- E- Bangla, Dhaka. Prior to the kick -off meeting, a small meeting was held at Deputy Speaker’s office where in the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson