CRIN - Child Rights Information Network
This toolkit is the result of a drive by the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children’s to build children’s rights monitoring capacity in the country. Designed for community leaders, local children’s rights advocates and those working with young people, it aims to help mobilise and coordinate resources in communities to develop effective monitoring practices for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It may also be useful for advocates working regionally, nationally and internationally. The five-part workshop starts from scratch with an introduction to children’s rights and an overview of the Convention. Section two covers monitoring, including the CRC monitoring and the reporting process. The third part deals with a community approach to monitoring, plus a framework for organising a community project. Section four contains step-by-step instructions on how to run a monitoring initiative, using existing strengths and assets in the community and drawing on the background information and learning exercises provided in the previous workshop sections. The fifth part provides a community monitoring report template groups can use to document and share their findings.
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