Child and youth participation resource guide
Involvement in political decision-making
Child-led organizations, networks, movements
African Movement of Working Children and Youth, A World Fit For and By Children: Our point of view as African working children, AMWCY, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2001.
This report presents working children’s views on the debates and practices of working children’s participation and movements in Africa. The report was prepared for submission at the UN Special Session on Children and includes commentaries on the ten points of the Global Movement for Children.
Child Workers in Asia, Mapping of Children’s Organizations in Asia, CWA, Bangkok, 2002.
This is a list of children’s organizations in South Asia and South-East Asia, with details on their history, programme activities, management and contact information.
Concerned for Working Children, Bhima Sangha and the Makkala Panchayats: Chroniclers of our own histories, Bhima Sangha and the Makkala Panchayats together with CWC, Bangalore, India, 2003.
This document was jointly written by children of Bhima Sangha (a union of child workers) and the Makkala Panchayats (a parallel government by, of and for children) through a comprehensive environmental scan of the processes, structures and power of children as perceived and recorded by children in Karnataka, India.
CRF, Directory of Children and Youth-Led Organizations in Cambodia, Child Rights Foundation, Children and Young People’s Movement for Child Rights and Save the Children Sweden, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2005.
This is a directory of nearly 100 organizations and associations led by children and young people in Cambodia. This list is limited to organizations with a clear structure, continuous programmes and contact addresses.
Email: crf2002@online.com.kh
Feinstein, Clare and Claire O’Kane, Strengthening Support to Child–Led Organisations and Initiatives, The Spider Tool: A self assessment and planning tool for child led initiatives and organisations, Set of 3 publications: Lessons Learnt, The Spider Tool, and The Facilitator’s Guide, Child Participation Working Group, Save the Children Alliance, UK, 2006.
This set of publications describes practical tools for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of child-led organizations. The publication includes a facilitator’s guide and a lessons-learned publication that describes processes and outcomes of piloting the spider tool in seven countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Email: ravikarkara@savethechildren.org.np or info@savethechildren.org.np
Karkara, Ravi, et al., CD Resource Book on Facilitating Children’s Organization and Children’s Citizenship and Governance, International Save the Children Alliance, South and Central Asia, Kathmandu, 2002.
This resource book presents a series of practical tools on child rights, children’s participation and citizenship, power, developing children’s organizations, facilitation and life skills that strengthen children’s organizations.
Ketel, Herman, Proud to Work and Happy to be Organized: Working children in West Africa and their participation in their own movement, Save the Children Sweden Regional Office, West Africa, 2003.
This is a report on the working children’s movement in West Africa. It presents the views of working children, their roles, aspirations and activities within the movement.
Email: library@rb.se
Panicker, Rita and Claire O’Kane, What Accounts for Success in Developing Children’s Organizations: Our experiences and reflections from Butterflies Programme of street and working children, Butterflies, New Delhi, 2000.
This document presents the experiences of the Butterflies Programme of Street and Working Children in Delhi. Butterflies works to empower children to develop their own organizations to assert their rights.
Email: claireokane2002@yahoo.co.uk
Rajbhandary, Jasmine, Roger A. Hart, and Chandrika Khatiwada, The Children’s Clubs of Nepal: An assessment of a national experiment in children’s democratic development, Save the Children Norway and US, Kathmandu, 2002.
This report reviews the growing popularity of children’s clubs in Nepal. It explains the use of participatory methods of monitoring and evaluation that were developed by children.
Email: post@2savechildren-norway.org.np
Save the Children, Guiding Principles for Facilitating Children’s Organizations, Save the Children South and Central Regional Office, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2002.
These guiding principles for facilitating children’s organizations are included in Book 1, Annex 4 of Claire O’Kane’s, Children and Young People as Citizens.
Sloth-Neilson, Julia, Realizing the Rights of Children Growing Up in Child-Headed Households: A guide to laws, policies and social advocacy. Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2004.
This publication presents some of the main legal and policy issues that concern child-headed households. The publication is aimed at a broad readership and goes beyond those working with AIDS orphans.
Strengthening Child-Led Organizations, United Nations Special Session on Children, Save the Children and Girl Guides, New York, 2002.
This is a report of a meeting during the UN Special Session on Children in New York in May 2002. It highlights how child-led organizations and children’s movements have been able to promote participation, self advocacy and representation.
Swift, Anthony, Working Children Get Organised: An introduction to working children’s organizations, Save the Children, London, 1999.
This report presents five organizations and movements of child workers. It examines their history, objectives, activities and political orientations. It focuses on the voices and experiences of child workers to illustrate what participation means to them.
UNICEF, ‘Children and Youth Parliaments’, Unpublished Paper, Adolescent Development and Participation Unit, UNICEF, New York, 2001.
This is a summary of experiences with children and youth parliaments in more than 70 countries. The document is based on reports by UNICEF country offices and by the CRC Committee.
Available from: www.intranet.unicef.org (only accessible by UNICEF staff)
White, Sarah C.,Child Brigade: An organization of street working children in Bangladesh, Save the Children Sweden, Dhaka and University of Bath, UK, 2001.
This report presents the story of the Child Brigade, a street children’s organization in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It describes how this child-led initiative started and how children overcame many challenges to establish an agency of street children. This case study raises issues that have general relevance for the promotion of children’s rights.
Wittkamper, Jonah (ed.), Guide to the Global Youth Movement, Global Youth Action Network, New York, 2002.
This is a comprehensive directory of youth organizations and movements from around the world.
Email: gyan@youthlink.org
