Global Alliance for Children's Rights and Health Equity » Members http://allianceforchildrensrights.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:24:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Society for Equity in Child Health (SECH) http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/the-society-for-equity-in-child-health-sech.html http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/the-society-for-equity-in-child-health-sech.html#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:15:41 +0000 almhtrm http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/?p=78 The Society for Equity in Child Health (SECH) was established in 2006 as an interdisciplinary group of professionals committed to improving the health and well-being of children through the integration of the principles of equity, social justice, and children’s rights into child health practice. The Society will work with the AAP, APA and other national and international professional organizations to advance this agenda.
Our vision is a society in which there is full respect for the human rights of every child and just allocation of the resources required to ensure the optimal health and well-being of children. The Society’s mission is to ensure the optimal health and well-being of all children through the principles and practices of equity, social justice and children’s rights.
The goals of the Society focus on generating new knowledge through research, promoting education and training, transforming pediatric practice, and developing public policy and advocacy. The Society will use a rights-based framework, built on the foundation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to organize its work. The Society for Equity in Child Health will link with the expanding global network of Social Pediatrics Societies and nurture involvement with other disciplines. Close ties will be sought with the AAP and APA.
]]> http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/the-society-for-equity-in-child-health-sech.html/feed 0 Child Rights Education for Professionals (CRED-PRO) http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/child-rights-education-for-professionals-cred-pro.html http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/child-rights-education-for-professionals-cred-pro.html#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:13:23 +0000 almhtrm http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/?p=75 Child Rights Education for Professionals (CRED-PRO) is an international initiative of the International Institute for Child Rights and Development at the University of Victoria, Canada. It is endorsed by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to develop educational programs on the human rights of children for professionals working with and for children. The overarching goal of CRED-PRO is to provide the tools through which professionals can better understand, appreciate, apply and respect the principles and standards of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in their day-to-day practice, as well as policy and research, in order to improve the development and quality of life of children.

]]> http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/child-rights-education-for-professionals-cred-pro.html/feed 0 International Children’s Center (ICC) http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/international-children%e2%80%99s-center-icc.html http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/international-children%e2%80%99s-center-icc.html#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:11:25 +0000 almhtrm http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/?p=73 International Children’s Center (ICC) is an international non-governmental organisation based in Ankara, Turkey. The International Children’s Center was established in 1949 in Paris through the joint efforts of the French authorities and UNICEF.  For 50 years it carried out work on behalf of child health and welfare, principally in Latin America and Africa, and operated a documentation center, ran seminars and produced publications.  In 1999 activities in the ICC Paris headquarters came to a halt.  At that time, with the leadership of Prof. İhsan Doğramaci and in consultation with the last ICC Executive Director in Paris and representatives of international organizations, it was agreed to re-establish the Center in Ankara, Turkey.  At first it was affiliated with an already-existing foundation, the activities of which included establishment of international centers.  In 2004 the International Children’s Center became an autonomous association in Turkey.  During the years since 1999, following in the footsteps of its predecessor in Paris, the Ankara-based ICC has concentrated on the health and problems of adolescence, especially reproductive health, child rights, and disaster preparedness.  It established two branch offices (Azerbaijan and Iraq) and has signed agreements of affiliation with similarly-minded centers in a number of other countries.

International Children’s Center (ICC) and Child Rights Education for Professionals (CRED-PRO) have formed a partnership in order to undertake a process of development, adaptation, implementation and monitoring of the child rights and health curriculum for the SEE/CIS region, based on Child Rights Curriculum for Health Professionals developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). The Curriculum is designed to provide paediatricians with an understanding of how to respect and promote children’s rights in their practice. The aim is to develop a curriculum which can ultimately be fully incorporated into the basic training of all health professionals.  CRED-PRO is working on a comparable process in a number of other regions, including South and Central America, South Africa and South East Asia. The initiative has widespread and active support, including from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, WHO, UNICEF and a number of academic institutions.

In the cooperation with the AAP, RCPCH, the European Society for Social Paediatrics (ESSOP) and a regional advisory group, ICC and CRED-PRO have worked to bring this curriculum to cultural fit for the SEE/CIS region and have designed a course for health professionals in the region from 2 – 5 December 2008.

CRED-PRO and ICC is now working to strengthen efforts in Turkey and Azerbaijan

]]> http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/international-children%e2%80%99s-center-icc.html/feed 0 The European Society of Social Paediatrics and Child Health http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/the-european-society-of-social-paediatrics-and-child-health.html http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/the-european-society-of-social-paediatrics-and-child-health.html#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:06:49 +0000 almhtrm http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/?p=70 The European Society of Social Paediatrics and Child Health,founded in the 1970s,brings together child health professionals from across Europe who seek to addresss child health problems with social causes and social consequences, and child health care in society. ESSOP is an affiliate of the International Paediatric Association and works to ensure that paediatricians and other child health professionals take full account of societal influences on child health and promote child rights. ESSOP is committed to advocacy for the health and rights of children. Further information including dates of forthcoming meetings can be found at www.essop.org.

]]> http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/the-european-society-of-social-paediatrics-and-child-health.html/feed 0 Child Rights and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/child-rights-and-health-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean.html http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/child-rights-and-health-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean.html#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:21:20 +0000 almhtrm http://allianceforchildrensrights.org/?p=66 Child Rights and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Since 2005, the Program of Social Sciences and Health at FLACSO is the coordinating center of the Initiative on Child Rights and Health (“Southern Cone Initiative”). This project is oriented to mainstream the rights approach into health policies, programs and services in the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Initiative has the support of CRED PRO, Victoria University, Canada and is now integrated by Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Each of the participant countries conforms a local team for local implementation of the activities. These teams are integrated by policy makers, representatives of health professions (mainly pediatric societies), health practitioners (from various disciplines) and other stakeholders supporting at the local level (PAHO, UNICEF, PLAN International, among others).

Our main activities are oriented to health professionals based on the curricula developed by Jeffrey Goldhagen (SECH, US) , Gerison Lansdown (CRED PRO) and Tony Waterston (Royal College of Paediatrics, UK) adapted to the Latin American and Caribbean context.

For more information: ssyddn@flacso.org.ar
Salud y Derechos del Niño (Health and Child Rights)

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