On 28 September to 1 October, CRC Asia held its second Asia-Pacific Meeting of Child Rights Coalitions and Networks in Bangkok, Thailand.
CRC Asia brought together child advocates in the region to introduce their organizations and their work, to update each other on their advocacy issues, and to explore possible areas of collaboration.
The meeting gathered 38 representatives of 26 organizations in 17 countries across Asia and the Pacific.
Participants were from Australia (2), Brunei Darussalam (2), Cambodia (1), Hong Kong (1), India (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (1), Lao PDR (1), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (2), Nepal (1), Pakistan (1), Philippines (6), Sri Lanka (1), Taiwan (2), Thailand (11), and Vietnam (1). (See List of Participants)
Eleven (11) resource persons were invited to discuss on eight (8) topics:
- The ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence Against Children (RPA on EVAC),
- Child Marriage
- Online Child Protection
- Stateless and Migrant Children
- Simplified UN CRC Reporting Process
- Juvenile Justice
- Physical and Humiliating Punishment
- UN CRC General Comment 19: Public Budgeting for the Realization of Children’s Rights
Open forums were organized after every session. In between sessions, participants were given fifteen minutes each to introduce their organizations and the work that they do for children. At the end of each day, the plenary broke into workshop groups where participants discussed designated topics and possible areas for collaboration.
In the afternoon of Day 3, the facilitator, Ms. Edel Silan, presented the consolidated the workshop results which the group discussed and finalized.
See summary of proceedings here.
See workshop results (agreements) here.
