Save the Children has been a child rights pioneer for more than 90 years. Respect for children’s rights underpins all of our work.
Strengthening local, national and international systems
If all governments met their legal obligations to children, every child would have access to education, healthcare, and freedom from violence and exploitation. Making children’s rights a global reality is essential to achieving positive outcomes for children.
Children play in a health education session organised by Save the Children in Northern Afghanistan. Mats Lignell / Save the Children
We are promoting change from the ground up, by raising awareness of children’s rights among children, families and communities. And we are securing children’s rights by holding governments and international bodies to their promises.
In 2010 we helped the Palestinian National Authorities to review their compliance with children’s rights, and proposed ways to address gaps between rights and reality. After successfully advocating for a Child Act in Northern Sudan, we are working with partners to make sure the law delivers improvements for the country’s 22 million children.
We use knowledge from our community-based and national-level work to influence the international agenda. For example, we ensured that children’s experiences will be incorporated in the Human Rights Council’s global monitoring. Our new partnerships with US and Bangladeshi universities will result in more robust information on the realities faced by children. This will increase our effectiveness and impact for children.
