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Child participation
Plan’s goal:
Children and young people realise
their right to participate as citizens.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child enshrines children’s
right to participate as citizens, but in many parts of the world their
voices go unheard.
Plan promotes citizenship and empowerment among children and young people by
helping them become aware of their rights and strengthening their confidence and
leadership skills – including in media and journalism – to mobilise for positive change.
We encourage children and young people to be involved in programme design and
we help them acquire the life skills that will enable them to advocate for change.
We help monitor children’s rights by enabling children’s and youth organisations
to lead advocacy initiatives and monitor their governments’ implementation of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as national and local policies.
We promote social accountability by enabling young people to take part in
planning processes, monitor service quality and hold governments and service
providers to account.
“ I feel motivated! We young people are here to do much
more than just follow adults’ guidance.”
Alfredo Armando Hernández Solórzano, 22, president of the Youth Association of
Chalatenango (AJOCHT), El Salvador
22
© Plan / Alf Berg
‹ A child rights group from Ecuador meets to discuss the biggest
challenges facing their village