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Child Advocacy

Child Advocacy

ChorogUsan for children carries out sustained and organized efforts to improve public awareness, foster supportive environments, and bring about policy change so that children's rights are protected, respected, and fulfilled.

  • Guaranteeing the universal rights of children

    • Advocating for the introduction of a birth notification system
    • Advocating for legislative and institutional changes to protect children's rights
  • Ensuring the Healthy Growth and Development of All Children

    • Advocation for national coverage of pediatric healthcare expenses.
    • Promoting the right to play and advocating for the development of playgrounds.
    • Advocating for the enactment of the Young Carer Support Act.
    • Advocating for legislation to support children from migrant backgrounds.
    • Establishing prevention and integrated support systems for households in crisis with childrearing responsibilities.
    • Advocating for legal and institutional improvements to support children in foster care.
  • Protecting children against all forms of violence

    • Abolishing the legal right of individuals with parental authority to physically discipline children
    • Eradicating sexual exploitation of children and increasing support for child victims
    • Abolishing statutory limitations on sexual violence and abuse against children
    • Advocating for policy and legal reforms to eradicate child abuse
  • Fostering a safe environment

    • Campaigning for school zones to be designated as smoking-free areas
    • Advocating for mandatory installation of the Safe Crosswalk (Yellowcarpets)
    • Advocating for improvement in housing policies and legislation for children
    • Advocating for the introduction of laws and institutions to ensure children's online safety
  • Respecting children's opinions

    • Incorporating children's opinions into election pledges and policies
    • Operating the Children's Rights Advocacy Group