Children as Partners (CAP) is a place where young people and adults from around the world who support child participation can share what they think, what they know and helpful information. We invite you to sign up and participate!

Pui San W. (Australia)



 



LATEST NEWS :
  • Afghanistan Children Gather Over Future of Country
    "We are the children of Afghanistan, the future of our country."



    Across Afghanistan girls and boys are being empowered to form their own children's groups and networks. Over 300 children's groups exist in 6 Northern provinces of Afghanistan (Balkh, Badakshan, Jowzjan, Kunduz, Saripul and Takhar). With support from adults (families, communities, agencies) boys and girls are demonstrating that they can play an active role in promoting peace, raising awareness of their rights, solving their difficulties and rebuilding their communities. Whilst the children's groups have different names: Children's GMC groups (Global Movement for Children), Children's Wellbeing Committees (CWBCs), Child to Child groups, Working Children's Groups, School groups. They are united by a common vision and action towards peace, unity and respect for all girls, boys, men and women in Afghanistan.
        --Added: August 19th 2004



  • Venganoor to be first child-friendly panchayat (India)
    The Venganoor village, nestling in the suburbs of the capital city, is set to become the first child-friendly panchayat in the State. The grama panchayat has tied up with an NGO for a five-year community project aimed at mobilising community support for early development of creative and academic skills in children.
        --Added: November 5th 2004




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FEATURE PARTNERSHIP:

The Wayuu Women’s Network and University of Zulia Indigenous Children’s Education Project - Venezuela

    --Added: July 28th 2004
In 1985 the Wayuu Women’s Network established a partnership with the University of Zulia to address a growing concern over the acculturation of Wayuu children, loss of language, culture, and religion, and an ensuing breakdown of family and community protection of children.
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FEATURE PUBLICATION :

Universal Birth Registration - a Universal Responsibility

    --Added: April 4th 2005
Half a Billion Children Unregistered

A new fifty-page report, Universal Birth Registration - a Universal Responsibility, published by Plan, says that no records exist of the birth of six out of every ten babies born annually in South Asia.
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FEATURE RESEARCH:

Youth and Municipal Government in France

    --Added: December 18th 2004
This is a paper done as part of the Growing up in Cities (Canada) project and the Canadian government.
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FEATURE TOOL :

So You Want to Consult with Children? A Toolkit of Good Practice

    --Added: March 7th 2005
If you would like to involve children in discussions about issues that affect them but don’t know how to do it, then it is hoped that this toolkit will provide you with a lot of useful material for getting started.
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