Child Rights and Social Justice
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Focus Area

Child Rights and Social Justice

Rights-based and participatory approaches that advance child protection, safeguarding, and social justice.

Overview

How we work in this space

Through our advocacy pillar, we advance children's rights through holistic, rights-based, and participatory approaches aligned with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our work combines safeguarding, child protection, participation, and ethical communications to strengthen systems that protect children and uphold dignity.

Child rights and safeguarding embedded more strongly in programmes and institutions.

Participation and accountability approaches strengthened for children and communities.

Ethical storytelling and social justice principles carried into advocacy and communications practice.

Practice Areas

  • Child rights mainstreaming
  • Child and adult safeguarding
  • Child protection in emergencies
  • Child participation and child-led research
  • Capacity building for child protection actors
  • Development of child-friendly IEC materials and contextualised manuals
  • Ethical storytelling and safeguarding-aligned communications
  • Support for campaigns such as rights-based ethical storytelling initiatives

Related Services

Capabilities we combine around this theme

Our focus areas are delivered through integrated services, combining evidence, programme support, communications, and institutional strengthening as needed.

Strategic Communications and Knowledge Management

Ethical storytelling, campaigns, and knowledge products that strengthen visibility, accountability, and public engagement.

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Policy Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement

Rights-based advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and social justice support grounded in participation and accountability.

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Research, Evidence and Policy Advisory

Applied research, evaluations, and policy advisory services that strengthen decision-making and programme effectiveness.

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Capacity Development

Practical capacity building for educators, institutions, governments, partners, and communities.

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Ongoing Campaigns

Advocacy in action

#OverExposed Campaign

In partnership with Chance for Childhood

CIDE Group partners with Chance for Childhood and other organisations supporting the #OverExposed Campaign, which challenges traditional thinking in the development sector on the ethical use of imagery and storytelling, and urges fellow organisations to rethink how we use the stories of the people we support.

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