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The 20th November is the 20th anniversary of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Consortium for Street Children (CSC) recently launched a new campaign REALISING RIGHTS: STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST STREET CHILDREN which includes an online petition. The Consortium for Street Children hope to get 1000 signatures on this petition before the anniversary of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child on 20th November.

Add your name to the petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Realising-Rights

With your support the CSC can send the petition to important high-level decision and policy maker such as the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children, the newly appointed UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children, and the International Police Association.

Street Action is signed up to this campaign and works closely with the CRC on issues of advocacy for street children. Please tell your contacts and friends about this opportunity to help. This is an ideal chance to show the world that street children matter and have rights too.

CSC campaigning really makes a difference…

The Consortium for Street Children feature in several sections of a recent International Development Committee enquiry, which offers recommendations to the Department for International Development (DFID) who, in turn, advise the UK government. The report makes several groundbreaking points.

The report highlights the important differences between street children and other children living in urban areas and urges that a distinction must be made between the two. This encourages DFID to ensure that it tailors specific “policies and programmes for street children within their approach to urban development” meaning that funding to aid street children will be kept distinct from other funding areas.

It also recommends that “DFID adopt indicators specific to street children within its new International Strategy with UNICEF”.

Add your signature today http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Realising-Rights and show your support for the important work of the CSC.