What’s next? Children’s rights, well-being and the CRC conference - 29th July

Hi everybody,

On Tuesday the CRAE, UNICEF and DCSF held a massive conference at The Oval in London (yes the famous cricket ground! :D :D )

At the event we watched/listened to a presentation from Sam, 3 GRfG volunteers about the project, the investigations the report and when the 12 delegates went to Geneva, also there was a talk by Tom Jeffery he is head of the Government delegation to Geneva…

It was great to do the mini discussion groups and workshops about our own specialised areas within the report… I worked on Health, which is my most favourite section! The group sessions were really interesting and some of the stories about issues relating to different people’s lives were touching…

I really enjoyed the event, I think its great to see that government is taking Children’s rights seriously and actually listening to what young people have to say, I hope that the CRAE (and the other charities) and the Government can work together to get all the articles in the UNCRC implanted to the greatest possible standard…

These two links have been published about the event, one on the CRAE website and the other on UNICEF website, also there are pictures on them! …

http://www.unicef.org.uk/press/news_detail_full_story.asp?news_id=1168

http://www.getreadyforgeneva.org.uk/news/article/childrens_rights_activists_meet_with_the_government

Laura-Liz

This article What’s next? Children’s rights, well-being and the CRC conference - 29th July, was posted on Monday, August 04, 2008 by Laura-Liz