Check out our recording of the Nov. 3 webinar on children’s rights. Panelists discussed comprehensive sexuality education, child poverty and lowering the voting age. Panelist bios: Insiya Mankani is the Public Affairs Officer at Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights where she helps to advance the domestic sexual and reproductive health policy landscape by …
Join us on Nov. 3 at noon EST for a panel on pressing issues in children’s rights. We will hear from experts in comprehensive sexuality education, a campaign to lower the voting age, and a leader in poverty elimination strategies. Click here to register! Bios: Insiya Mankani is the Public Affairs Officer at Action Canada …
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When? Saturday 8th October, 12:00-13:00 Uruguay time Where? Online on Zoom Join us for this regional online discussion: learn about what is happening at the UN, and share your views and ideas on what needs to happen to put child rights at the core! Click here to register More information here
Opinion piece by Kathy Vandergrift, former President and Chair of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children Repeated failures to protect children from institutional abuse should receive more attention than a Canadian cardinal’s chances to become the next Pope. The failure to protect children is at the centre of the class action lawsuits against …
Check out this news from Child Rights Connect: The UN Core Group leading the development of the Secretary-General guidance note on child rights mainstreaming has published the online survey for civil society in English, French and Spanish, in order to gather inputs from you! OHCHR is in the lead of the consultations with civil society, including children. Deadline: …
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Title: Applying the UN CRPD to the COVID-19 pandemic: how we can use the UN CRPD as a framework for analysis and to help identifying the needs of persons with disabilities during the pandemic and in the recovery process. When: February 17th, 2022 Time: 1pm to 2:30pm (EST) Register here: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIscOGgqDkiG9N18Fc_HBC3zxyIqJgNhVya CART, ASL and ISL …