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Child Workers in Asia--CWA
Child Workers in Asia (CWA)
Child labor in Asia is a huge burden. But we believe in the resources of Asia. We also believe in the vitality and wisdom of child workers themselves. The problem of child labor cannot be solved without the participation of children. They have their own analysis of society; they have their own strategies not only for survival but also their conditions of work, their conditions in life. We can learn from them, we have to.
from the Editorial of Child Workers in Asia newsletter, Vol.1, No.1, Jul-Sept 1985
Child Workers in Asia (CWA) was established in 1985 as a support group for child workers in Asia, and the NGOs working with them. From a small group of five organizations, it now brings together over 50 groups/organizations working on child labor in 14 countries. It facilitates sharing of expertise and experiences between NGOs and strengthens their collaboration to jointly respond to the exploitation of working children in the region.
For the last fifteen years, CWA has been a venue for interaction between big and small NGOs. The network has strived to contribute to the development of the understanding of the situation of children who work and are exploited. It has tried its best to support the emergence of local actions for working children and for the promotion of children's rights.
In February 1999, partners of CWA met at the 5th CWA Regional Consultation and reaffirmed the need for Asian NGOs to sustain their role as catalysts for social change, remain as a part of the major actors in agenda-setting from local to international levels, and ensure children's participation in the formulation of programs and policies. Furthermore, the partners agreed to pursue actions for the identified priority groups of children: child domestic workers, bonded child laborers, trafficked children, and other groups of children in the worst forms of child labor.
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Child Workers in Asia's program objectives are as follows:
- Strengthen the NGO (including some GO) and children's network through capacity building in advocacy, organizing children, conducting action researches, documentation, and monitoring
- Propagate the concept of children's participation
- Organize/strengthen Task Forces for concrete actions addressing bonded child labor, child domestic work, and migration and trafficking
- Encourage and support NGOs in conducting studies on sectors and countries where relevant information necessary for action is not available
- Monitor existing approaches to combating child labor in Asia, examine international interventions, and disseminate information on innovative programs
- Lobby with international organizations and UN bodies for the participation of children and NGOs in policy making and in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs.
Child Workers in Asia's specific programs and activities include:
1. Focused interventions (through sub-regional and regional Task Forces)
- Child Domestic Workers
- Bonded Labor in South Asia
- Children Migrant Workers and Trafficked Children (Mekong region, South Asia)
- Children Involved in Armed Conflict
2. Capacity Building for NGOs
- Participatory research with children
- Advocacy and social mobilization
- Children's Participation
- Case Work and Psychosocial Interventions for Disadvantaged Children
3. Promotion of Children's Participation
- National Leadership Trainings for Child Workers (at least 6 countries)
- Regional Leadership Training of Child Workers
- Facilitators' Training at National Levels
- Development of Manuals for use in Promoting Children's Participation
4. Research, Documentation, and Information Dissemination
- CWA Newsletter - NGO and children's perspectives and experiences
- Research - children and education, children in agriculture, child labor policies, girl laborers
- Reports on Child Labor
5. Advocacy and Lobbying
- Participation regional and international advocacy actions for children
- Regional workshops to discuss international instruments and their use for local campaigns and lobby
- Building of working relationships with regional and international policy and program formulating bodies
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