The Article 34 Awards

The last date for reciept of completed applications has been extended to Nov. 28, 2009

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tulir workshop for Educators

Image
Safe Schools: Supporting schools  address child sexual abuse, holistically is  the theme  this time of  Tulir - Center for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse ‘s  continuing workshop series   - Connecting the Dots . They  will be held  in   Chennai  between  October 15 – 17, 2018 .    Topics in order of presentation ( Scroll down for details ) 1.  POCSO,  EDUCATORS & SCHOOLS 2.  DESIGNING A HOLISTIC CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM FORPRIMARY SCHOOLS (K-5) 3. AN INTRODUCTION TO PERSONAL SAFETY EDUCATION – CONCEPTS & PRACTISE 4. PREVENTION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: DEALING WITH SEXUAL MISBEHAVIORS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN   The lead facilitator  will be Dr. Lois J Engelbrecht , who  has helped create systems of prevention and response to sexual abuse of children  in the  Phillippines, Malaysia, China, India, Saud...
Read more

Invitation to interactive session - Safe Schools: Supporting schools address child sexual abuse, holistically

When you know better,  you do better   - Maya Angelou Protecting children is no longer an option – it is a responsibility vested in each one of us.  And schools are at the front line of child protection w ith a large part of the truly "awake" time of a child's waking hours being spent at school. N eedless to state the school and the community of educators are one of the most significant aspects of a child's  world and we also know that educators care for their students and their welfare and safety at all times. A school’s integrity and worth is not based on whether cases of  sexual  violence  happen to children on its rolls. Instead it is based on the acceptance of the possibilities of  occurrence and preemptive steps taken to  both safeguard and respond in a timely and appropriate way to ensure that its children may benefit from its caring and foresight to truly have the right to be safe all the time, ...
Read more

Helping child witnesses: 'One girl gave evidence with a hamster on her lap'

Image
 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/17/child-witnesses-one-girl-evidence-hamster They might be victims of rape, or witnesses to murder. But can they really be relied upon to tell the truth at trial? Rachel Williams Sat 17 Feb 2018 08.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 20 Feb 2018 17.23 GMT Toys in a playroom run by Triangle, an organisation that helps children give evidence. Photograph: Lydia Goldblatt for the Guardian I n the playroom, perched high above suburban rooftops, it feels as if you’re sailing in a sturdy little boat. Outside, beyond the fields, the sea is a strip of hazy grey-blue that glows silver where it meets the sky. Here on the floor is the scattered residue of a child at play: plastic tractors and fire engines spilling from a big red box, half-done puzzles, doll’s house furniture left awry. On a shelf sit the smiling knitted figures of a policeman and circuit judge, the details metic...
Read more