Child Rights Working Group

The NGO Child Rights Working Group (CRWG) was established in June 2006 as INGO initiative to strengthen the Government's efforts in advancing children's rights, consolidate and strengthen and avoid repetition of NGO efforts.

It is composed of international NGOs working in Vietnam, mass organizations, local NGOs and other Vietnamese community groups. Other relevant agencies and organizations, such as UN bodies and specialized agencies (UNICEF, ILO, UNODC, etc), government ministries and organizations, research institutes, experts etc are welcome to participate.

The chairmanship is undertaken on a rotating basis by founding organisations. The Working Group aims to share information and generate discussions on child rights issues, including early child care and development, child participation, protection of children from abuse, violence and exploitation through labour, trafficking and prostitution, juvenile justice, child poverty, childhood disability, education, health, handling of child rights violations, CRC reporting and following up to the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, World Fit for children etc, through regular bi-month forums informally organised by international NGOs in Vietnam.

TOR of Child Rights Working Group will be posted when it is available. For details on previous meetings and useful resources and links, follow the links below.

For more information please contact Mr. Peter Van Dommelen from Plan Vietnam at peter.vandommelen@plan-international.org

 

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