Our Impact

Every human being is entitled to human rights. Children represent around a third of the global population. Yet their rights are being neglected or violated across the globe. For four decades, we have been advancing the rights, empowerment and protection of children from the local to the global level, with children, our Network members and observers, and partners.

Here are examples of some of the recent impact we have made in advancing child rights around the world.

Impact Stories

Draft Pact for the Future (Rev2.): statement by the ImPACT Coalition on Child Rights and Child Participation

13 August, 2024
As negotiations on the Rev.2 of the Pact for the Future are underway, the ImPACT Coalition on Child Rights and Child Participation, which Child Rights Connect is part of, prepared the below [...]

Resolution on the rights of the child: emphasizing the need for inclusive social protection and child participation.

29 May, 2024
On April 5th, the Human Rights Council adopted its biennial resolution on the rights of the child with a focus on inclusive social protection (55/29). This resolution was adopted by [...]

“The Now and the Future”: Stepping up our support to children worldwide to help them become safer, louder, and bolder in their human rights actions!

7 May, 2024
The world faces many intersecting crises. Children, who increasingly act as human rights defenders, are providing answers! Through our new global project, we will follow their lead and help advance [...]

2023 in review: A historic step within the UN system and greater momentum for implementing a child rights approach

6 May, 2024
Download the visual on these results here! Why child rights mainstreaming is critical to realizing children’s rights  Across the globe, children bear the brunt of multiple crises, violations of children’s [...]

2023 in review: Elevating children’s voices in new international guidance on what States must do to uphold children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

6 May, 2024
Download our visual about these results here! While bearing the brunt of the triple planetary crisis, children remain largely excluded from related decision-making “Adults! The real victims of environmental destruction [...]

CRC session 96

6 May, 2024
At the opening of the 96th CRC session, Child Rights Connect delivered a statement on behalf of its network: Distinguished members of the Committee, representatives of UN agencies, ladies and [...]

2024 by the numbers

2023 by the numbers

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Children’s rights defenders, including children, empowered to report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
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New / updated multilingual resources published to help children / adults engage with the United Nations
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Child advisors, aged between 13 and 17-years-old, from all regions of the world, including 8 girls
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Online workshops organised with How To Child Rights on how to engage children to FU to HR mechanisms in Africa
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Attendees at our joint side-event of the Human Rights Council to celebrate the first-ever UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders report on child and youth human rights defenders
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Individual or joint statements, letters or submissions delivered at the UN level

What others say about our impact ...

“Being a Child Advisor has been a source of empowerment for me in various ways. It’s the first time I’ve felt actively involved in making a positive impact on the world.”

Anghelina, 2023-2024 child advisor, Moldova

Without Child Rights Connect’s presence, the global civil society’s advocacy and influence on children’s rights and child rights mainstreaming would be hampered.”

External evaluation 2022

“[Child Rights Connect] have made it possible for me to carry the voice of the children and young people of my country and always respect my position from the point of view of disability.”

Jorge, 2021 child advisor, Bolivia

How we make our change happen

We know from experience that change takes time, can be incremental, and requires collaboration. The below graph shows how we make change happen.

A results-based approach

We work with a results-based approach. This means results are at the centre of what we do, and how we do it. We operate with a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan which outlines what information we track to assess our results, how this information is collected, how frequently and by whom. Every year, we undertake a comprehensive review of our results against our set objectives and identify lessons learned. We document this information in our public annual reports and reports to our donors. Periodically, we engage consultants to conduct an external evaluation of our impact. We use key findings to adapt what we do and how we do it to better and more sustainably advance child rights.

The change we seek to achieve is about shifting perceptions, attitudes, and practices, particularly towards empowering children and civil society, influencing decisions of States, and promoting legal and policy reform. Our methods for assessing impact therefore heavily rely on qualitative data. But we also collect quantitative data to track our reach. We strive to disaggregate the data we collect by age, gender, geography, and other criteria to assess how different categories of children and children’s rights defenders are impacted upon by our work and improve the inclusiveness of our actions.

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