Child Helpline International

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Child Helpline International
Advocacy at CHI
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25 -26 June 2009
Childhood without cruelty and abuse protection
and assistance
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Advocacy Overview
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• Highlights since Namibia RC2008
• Advocacy Taskforce (Irene)
• Data Advisory Group (Joan)
• Principles, Standards and Practices Taskforce
  (Tara)

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Highlights since Namibia RC
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• Supplement ITU on allocation of short, number 116
  111 to child helplines
• World Congress III Rio Agenda
• Child helplines recognised as an essential tool
  to combat and prevent sexual abuse of children
• Committee on the Rights of the Child, General
  Comment no. 12
• Recognition of child helplines as essential to
  the Right of the Child to be heard
• The African Report on Child Wellbeing 2008

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Advocacy Taskforce Irene Nyamy
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• International Child Helpline Day, 17 May
• Toll free status child helplines
• Regional Advocacy Strategy
• Draft Strategy
• Limitations
• Feedback form
• Violence against children follow up
• Special Representative on VAC
• Celebration of 20th Anniversary Convention on
  Rights of the Child
• Newsletter items

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Data Advisory Group Joan van Niekerk
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• Connecting to Children
• First results from data collection
• Trends
• Deadlines next round of collection
• Country data software
• Costs
• Optional session Day 3

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Data Joan van Niekerk
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Principles, Standards, Practices Taskforce Tara
Miller
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• Principles, Standards and Practices Checklist
• Overview of PSP Checklist
• Document-based Evidence Review Submission of
  Annual Reports and Screening Procedures
• The Future of the PSP Checklist
• PSP Glossary Outreach
• Child Participation/Child Protection
• Questionnaire please return during closing
  session

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For questions, alice_at_childhelplineinternational.o
rg leen_at_childhelplineinternational.org nenita_at_ch
ildhelplineinternational.org johan_at_childhelplinei
nternational.org