Workbook
September 2020
Although considerable efforts have been undertaken by many businesses to respect children’s rights, obstacles remain. Numerous companies, for example, are uncertain as to how to begin addressing the issue of children’s rights. Global Child Forum has therefore developed this workbook for businesses to use at the outset of their children’s rights journey as well as for those looking to advance work already underway.
The workbook has been written in alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles (CRBPs). Other guidance and best practice are referenced and made available as needed to help the reader gain clarity on how to implement children’s rights in the corporate agenda.
We hope that this guide will not only inform and inspire, but also equip business leaders and sustainability professionals with tools to take action – action to ensurethat children’s rights are respected and supported by businesses across the world.
What is good for children, is good for business.
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“Business has a huge impact on children’s lives. However it can be difficult to know where to start, so we pledged to create a guide for how to incorporate children’s voices into our group of businesses. We collaborated with Global Child Forum and Boston Consulting Group to develop this Workbook on how to implement a children’s rights perspective. It has provided us with a roadmap that we hope will enable many other companies to start working with children’s rights.” / Jenny Lindén Urnes, Lindéngruppen
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This data-driven research brief explores three research questions. 1) How much do we know about children’s basic access to the internet across the globe? 2) Do children regularly use the internet to access health information? 3) Are children able to verify the truth of online information?
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UNICEF
This report details progress on our four key pillars of the global COVID-19 response from Q2 to Q4 2020. It uses data collected from countries against each of the indicators set out in the COVID-19 response plan and uses children’s stories to highlight our work.
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Save the Children International
The global study by Save the Children reveals the hidden impacts of pandemic response measures which are impacting children’s health, nutrition, education, learning, protection, wellbeing, family finances and poverty. For the most marginalised and deprived children, those impacts have the potential to be life-altering and potentially devastating.
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Save the Children International
In the final days before lockdown was introduced in the United Kingdom, CRIN hosted a panel discussion on surveillance and facial recognition at the Tate Modern where we addressed some of the risks they pose for children’s rights. Since then, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced many people to move their lives almost exclusively online, as adults began working from home and schools resorted to online learning. Such big changes, however, raise basic questions.
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UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum
A webinar from IETP, Save the Children, and CCR CSR with insights on COVID-19 exploring child rights in business and how companies can have a positive impact on both children and parents.
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Ethical Toy Program
The guide sets out the range of practical projects which CCR CSR is delivering to enable companies to support parent workers and their families and to strengthen resilience during COVID-19.
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