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Child advocacy centers (CAC) provide a child-friendly, safe and neutral location in which law enforcement and Child Protective Services investigators may conduct and observe forensic interviews with children who are alleged victims of crimes, and where the child and non-offending family members receive support, crisis intervention and referrals for mental health and medical treatment.
Joseph M. Hawes, The Children's Rights Movement: A History of Advocacy and Protection (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991). ISBN 0-8057-9748-3; ROOSE, R., & BOUVERNE-DE BIE, M. (2007). Do Children Have Rights or Do Their Rights Have to be Realised? The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as a Frame of Reference for Pedagogical Action.
Barnahus (derived from the Icelandic word for "children's house") [1] is a child-friendly, multidisciplinary and interagency model for responding to child violence and witnesses of violence. The purpose of Barnahus is to offer each child a coordinated and effective child protection and criminal justice response, and to prevent traumatisation ...
Children's Rights Alliance for England: United Kingdom Action on Rights for Children: United Kingdom Child Rights Information Network: United Kingdom Save the Children: United Kingdom National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children: United Kingdom 5Rights Foundation India: Save the Children India United States Children's Defense Fund ...
The organization's vision is "that every child will grow up in a safe, loving, and stable family," [1] and its primary objective is to "Make Children a National Priority". [2] [3] The CWLA is run by professionals in the children's services field. As a national organization it lobbies for both child protection, and delivery of services to ...
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on child advocacy and research. It was founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman .
A children's ombudsman, children's commissioner, youth commissioner, child advocate, children's commission, youth ombudsman or equivalent body is a public authority in various countries charged with the protection and promotion of the rights of children and young people, either in society at large, or in specific categories such as children in contact with the care system.
It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories. The main article for this category is Advocacy group . This category includes organizations formed for political and charitable reasons.