Protección del niño

It combines an approach of human rights education, research, fact-finding, advocacy and network building to promote awareness on human rights and the law, to empower communities, and to hold governments accountable.

HLRN’s role in monitoring human rights violations and developing tools to monitor human rights is critical. These tools enable affected communities and individuals as well as relevant civil society actors to promote legal security of tenure and the rights to property, housing and land. While promoting the human rights to adequate housing and land, HLRN focuses on women and marginalised groups such as Dalits, tribals, children, and nomadic populations.

HLRN finds that the rights to adequate housing and land, including ensuring security and dignity for all, as a powerful entry point to realize property rights for women, men and communities.

HLRN is working dedicatedly towards making accountability mechanisms accessible to civil society in India to secure human rights. It is very important in the present global context for local groups to have access to national and international recourse and redressal mechanisms.

HLRN believes in developing, wherever possible, partnerships with the government at different levels to promote the realisation of human rights.

HLRN assists grassroots development, human rights and environmental organizations working with the landless and homeless with the legal and analytical framework in developing courses of action and solutions. HLRN’s strength lies in its capability of bringing together groups working on diverse issues like women’s rights, children’s rights, Dalit rights and the rights of the urban and rural poor on the basis of our work on issues of homelessness and landlessness.

Our effort is to ease the process in resolving human rights concerns faced by people living with HIV (PLHIV) and sexual minorities. In India, the HIV epidemic has exposed social and legal impediments that contribute to denial of the rights of PLHIV and individuals and communities vulnerable to HIV infection. PLHIV and sexual minorities face stigma and discrimination in several spheres – not just health and social, but also legal. Unfortunately, government and civil society HIV response in India has not focused adequately on the socio-legal perspectives. SAATHII’s Legal Aid Units are in response to this gap.

The thrust of our idea is to activate community intervention in ensuring justice for PLHIV and sexual minorities within a human “rights and responsibilities” framework. Though the Legal Aid Units were initiated by SAATHII, they function in conjunction with two state wide civil society coalitions in Orissa and West Bengal focused on advancing the health and rights of PLHIV and sexual minorities. The process of ensuring community ownership and sustainability of the units is an area where we hope to make a difference compared to other civil society legal aid initiatives. Reference: http://saathii.org/calcuttapages/coap-lau-concept-note-final.pdf

Like other community-driven initiatives, Community Land and Property WDGs work at a grassroots level to improve access to justice where the formal systems prove inadequate in providing services. However, WDGs are unique in that they do not compete with the formal system, but rather serve to complement it and keep the community in harmony.

In communities that depend on continued social and economic cooperation among members, such as in Kenya, the often adversarial formal justice system can be damaging. So when a woman is evicted from her home by her late husband’s family, she is often reluctant to pursue her rights lest she damage her relations with her community members. She may also be challenged with a lack of awareness about her legal rights, a lack of access to information on land rights, and a lack of resources to deal with the often cumbersome, inaccessible and expensive formal justice system.

WDGs offer a safe, affordable and accessible means for women and orphans to pursue their property rights. The WDGs work in partnership with the provincial administration and other institutions, thus enhancing community working relations and ensuring integrity and accountability among leaders. The groups are highly participatory, allowing the victim, offender, community and state actors a real voice in finding a lasting, reconciliatory solution to the land or property dispute. Such participation not only complements the state by mediating and arbitrating land dispute cases, but builds, eases and strengthens relationships between vulnerable members and state actors of a community.

Although GROOTS Kenya does not have a legal patent for this idea, the Community Land and Property Watchdog Group Model was initiated by and developed by GROOTS Kenya.

Will writing is a unique answer to the problem of 'property grabbing.' The concern over 'property grabbing' has moved some Ugandan organizations to action. However, much of their effort occurs after the property has been taken from widows and/or children. ICLA's idea is unique because it directly empowers women and children before the taking occurs. When ICLA provides woman and children will legal documentation, they are also educated on what their rights are concerning their property as well as how to enforce their wills.

Addtionally, ICLA collaborates with other organizations to ensure enforcement of the wills. ICLA is in a unique position to effectively provide succession planning because of a current commitment with a Ugandan partner organization (TASO), and the fact that no one else is providing what is needed to the majority of AIDS victims in Uganda. Additionally, ICLA has contacts with FIDA-U (Federal Women Lawyers) and IJM (International Justice Mission) that are organizations already working to enforce the legal rights of woman and children displaced by property grabbing. Enforcement is a key element of will writing helping widows and children, and ICLA will collaborate with the efforts of FIDA-U and IJM.

Our commitment from TASO to work within their facility is one of our greatest assets and sets ICLA apart from other organizations which may desire to complete the same work. TASO serves a large portion of those affected by AIDS, and thus provide ICLA with access to these individuals. Additionally, in future years ICLA intends to expand to other communities within Uganda by working with other TASO clinics in different regions. Partnering with TASO allows ICLA to provide a new service to TASO clients while having the stability and trust that TASO has developed.

ICLA's approach to eradicate property grabbing is pre-emptive and looks to protect woman and children before the harm occurs.

Sabiendo que el cáncer impacta a toda la familia y no sólo al paciente queremos desarrollar grupos terapéuticos que permitan a toda la familia generar recursos que se traduzcan en una adherencia al tratamiento y por ende un afrontamiento positivo . Con el desarrollo de habilidades, la familia tendrá el poder de tomar decisiones inteligentes y con esto generar un estado emocional adecuado que transforme la percepción de la enfermedad de crisis y desesperanza, en un evento de crecimiento y sabiduría.

Áreas a trabajar:
• Autonocimiento Emocional
• Manejo Emocional
• Empatía
• Motivación
• Relaciones Interpersonales

The idea of medical apology in any context is new, but gaining ground. Leading medical schools are piloting apology programs for medical errors. The American Medical Association recently issued an apology to African-American physicians for their history of discrimination. Resolve’s innovation takes medical apology to a new level: healing the relationship between the medical community and an entire patient community.

Ongoing communication between doctors and patients is critical for effective medical care. Otherwise, how can we know if treatments really help? Controversy has raged between medical and intersex communities for years over current treatment models, but little has changed. Medical providers and parents need the perspective of intersex adults to provide the best care for these special children. However, because their anger over past treatment they perceive as mutilating has never been recognized, it is difficult for many intersex adults to trust doctors. Meanwhile, doctors who treat intersex people feel unfairly attacked after years of doing the best they could to help. Many have discounted the voices of former patients by portraying them as “radicals,” stating that the “silent majority” of intersex people are satisfied.

By respectfully inviting individual providers and professional associations to listen to intersex adults and apologize for the harm suffered as a result of medical treatment, Resolve offers a radical model of equal relationships between doctors and patient. We recognize patients as valuable sources of expertise, and doctors as only human. More importantly, we encourage healing on all sides that will improve care for future children.

There have never been a tour service for children, teens and young adults before in the city of Las vegas Nevada.We are the 1st. we are the local youth
and our group" The Little Visitors of Vegas Inc." have conducted a group survey over the past 5 years,Our group has led a extensive consortium of the city's public & private services organizations in a comprehensive inventory and assment of the needs of our local as well as our visiting teens. The available services for the area youth, and the connection or lack there of between the two. In review of these findings, We recognize ,realized and emphasize the need, and have created this project because of it.Over ten years in the making Little Visitors of Vegas Inc.created for the youngest visitors of Las Vegas That are finding themselves with NO WHERE TO GO! as have many in the past while on vacation here.It was created in loving memory of Sherrice Iverson an african american little girl that was only 7yrs. old that was slain, killed in an hotel/casino arcade restroom at 4:oo am on May 25th,1997
in Primm, Nevada. She was a LITTLE VISITOR that found herself with no where else to go, and we will never forget,as a constant reminder of this ever growing problem here in Nevada.We will address two major problems that have been overlooked for many years.1.Preventing Child Abandonment- Parents are still leaving their unsupervised children,teens and young adults alone inside their hotel rooms causing potential danger.
2. Preventing Possible Arrest- of the visiting teens & young adults because most visiting parents are not aware of The 9:00pm Curfew on The Las Vegas Strip, and that many unaccompanied minors are sometimes arrested because of it. We will offer an alternative for the visiting parents,An provide our area youth with work ,leadership & development skills,in the field of travel services.while promoting other services in are area,through partnership ventures. As a safe place for both visiting & Local Youth.

This idea is unique because we are taking an issue and sharing information from every aspect involved. Using this panel we are creating a confidential pool of information to address issues specific to the children in our community. We are using a multidisciplinary team approach to address the aforementioned issues. We have included in our panel ourselves (the local child advocacy center), other agencies in the area, law enforcement, family courts, school resource officers and school counselors.

So many times young people are exploited for the sake of "sharing art with the world" when they are given the gift of music. Politicians and people of power that stand on the belief that they support music and the arts will use the artist many times for free. This is the same thing as teaching a carpenter how to hone his skills and become even better and then asking him to build a house for free so that people can simply enjoy his work. Everyone has gifts to share but is it fair to ask the carpenter to work for free or the mechanic to work on your car for free? It is time to allow young people with talents and gifts to be able to become true entrepreneurs and help their families make a living.

Many young child actors are paid extremely well for their craft yet young vocalists are exploited for the gain of others. An entrepreneur is one that can take an idea or talent and turn it into something to make money. This is a life-skilled that is not taught in most of our school systems.

I propose to teach our young people how to hone their craft and then market that craft in order to become more self-sustaining as a business person.

Many young people and providers do not know what their rights are in the medical, clinical and research settings. Often providers have a difficult time explaining to young people and parents the risks and benefits of procedures, their rights to privacy, other confidentiality rights and that they should feel free to ask questions when they don't understand what is going on. Medical jargon can be difficult for young people and their parents to decipher and often, due to intimidation on the part of the patients, there is a lack of true understanding as individuals go through the medical and research process. This can be especially difficult in the research arena which young people are often quite sick, parents are afraid and my not understand the true implications of enrolling a child in a research study. Hadskis et. al. have explored this in the article The therapeutic misconception: a threat to valid parental consent for pediatric neuroimaging research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18792535 as have many other such as Angst et. al. (Clinical Trials for Chidlren) http://www.parkridgecenter.org/Page466.html. The uniqueness of the idea comes in the way to combat this issue. Through workshops with our students already in our program, other young people at other programs, young people already in the medical and research system and their parents, we will assist young people in navigating the often difficult arena of medical decision making. Additionally, we will create DVDs, website programming and interactive courses based on research, surveys and evaluations, that will be targeted towards youth, parents and providers in order to work on improving the doctor patients/researcher patient relationship. Especially in the research arena, given past transgressions against vulnerable groups (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/343/21/1581) a project such as this, utilizing technology, can be a true way to revolutionize the way patients and providers interact.

Surprising Statistics(USA AND AFRICA(KENYA) IN COMPARISON)
I have used this statistic to show that in Africa(Kenya)there is inadequate resource health centers where like statistics can be found.
According to Statistics, in the U.S.(as in comparison to many countries in Africa where the child protection is very high)
- Two-thirds (67 percent) of all victims of sexual assault reported to law
enforcement agencies were under the age of 18 at the time of the crime.
- One of every seven victims of sexual assault reported to law enforcement
agencies was under age 6.
- The year in a male's life when he is most likely to be the victim of a
sexual assault is age 4; a female's greatest risk is at age 14.
- Nearly half (49 percent) of the offenders of victims under age 6 were family members.. This is just was is documented what of in Africa where documentation less to be found or not to be found.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the typical sex offender molests an average of 117 children, although most offenses are never reported.
According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, "US Based:"
- 80 percent of convicted adult rapists admit to molesting children.
- 80 to 95 percent of sex offenders assault people they know.
- Less than 30 percent of sex crimes are reported.
- Young victims who know or are related to the offender are least likely to
report the crime.
It is estimated that in America there are 60 million childhood sexual abuse survivors.Unlike in Kenya is Unknown.
My INNOVATION: A free SMS center (short message services to be introduced to all major health centers e.g Provincial Hospital, District Hospital, in order to save life of the abused child or children by predator and speed up treatment to avoid deaths or getting drugs either from the bush or local chemists.Attached find a Video clip on child abuse.

What makes my idea unique is that currently the world in general and Rwanda in particular, are faced to a very crucial issue of old women and men looking for very young and most of the cases minor lovers instead of their age lovers. You can find a man aged 50 trying to date an under eighteen girl and starts going out with her, mostly hiding for the girl doesn’t want her parents find out what she is doing and the old man doesn’t want his wife to remark his secret relationship with a girl of the same age as his last born daughter. The same event is happening on the side of old women who are apparently no longer satisfied of their relationships with their old husbands or widows who, instead of getting married again to men of their age scale, want to be married to very or fairly young boys in order, is it said, to feel young again.

A rich business woman meets a young gentleman in the supermarket and at first sight she falls in love with him, that she’s going to offer him a position of accountant in her business and do many things to him but doesn’t tell openly him that she needs his love and this boy thinks that she’s taking care of him in order to make her business progress.

After some time, because the guy is also a singer, he goes to sing somewhere and meets the daughter of his boss and this beautiful girl that was already in love with the artist through media, but had never met any opportunity to meet him, the gentleman falls in love with her and this goes on, but the girl is not aware of her boy friend’s employment and the boy doesn’t know that she’s the daughter of his boss.

Later when her mum knows about her daughter’s love, now she’s on holiday, and it becomes a real struggle between mother and daughter and between the mother and her new assigned accountant, that leads to the death of the daughter and later on, the suicide of the mother, that looses at the same time, her daughter and the boy she believed to find in love.

• Raise awareness of the community on GBV aspects and increase ownership of GBV-related problems at all levels
• Promote women’s equal access to matrimonial property
• Provide health and psychological assistance to GBV victims
• Ensure women’s socioeconomic development
• Strengthen spousal stability