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Foreword ................................................................................................. 3
What is a Child-Friendly Barangay? ............................................... 5
What can Barangay Officials do in order to fulfill
these goals? ......................................................................... 6
Why is it important to set up a Child-Friendly Barangay? ..... 9
What are the local institutions that can attend to the
needs and rights of children? .......................................... 9
What other institutions can be motivated to participate in
advocating Child-Friendly commitments ..................13
Why is it necessary to linkk up with civil society and the
private business sector ? ...................................................13
What can be done immediately to respond to
Child-Friendly commitments ? .....................................14
Assessment Instrument to Rate if the Barangay
is Child-Friendly ...............................................................................14
Purpose of the Instrument ...........................................................14
Why is it important to fill up this Instrument? .......................14
Who can accomplish this Instrument? .....................................16
Sources of information to answer the Instrument ..................16
What the Instrument can measure ............................................17
Time frame to gather information ............................................18
How to compute the precentage for Form A .........................18
Table and Forms:
Table 1. Child-Friendly Commitments ................................... 7
Form A. Standards to Rate the Families
in the Barangay ..........................................................19
Form B. Standards to Rate the
Institutions in the Barangay ..................................23
Form C. Form to Rate the Barangay on Sets A and B .....24
FOREWORD
In 1990, the Philippine Government ratified the Convention on the
Rights of the Child (CRC). Since then, it has translated this commitment to a
number of initiatives such as the Philippine Plan of Action for Children for the
1990s under Proclamation No. 672 and Republic Act 8425 which
institutionalized the Philippine Governments Social Reform Agenda and
Poverty Alleviation Program. These initiatives recognized children as a basic
sector distinct from the youth and students.
The Minimum Basic Needs approach made local governments aware of a set
of 33 basic needs of a family, including childrens needs in particular. This list
of needs now serves as reference of municipalities and barangays in local
development planning in keeping with RA 7160 or the Local Government
Code of 1991.
To help implement the programs, local subcommittees for the welfare of
children were created. The Department of Social Welfare and Development
also launched its Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services
(CIDSS) Program.
In year 2000, the Philippines renewed its commitment to the CRC through
the Philippine National Strategic Framework for Plan Development for
Children, or Child 21. Developed by the Council for the Welfare of Children,
the document outlines the goals and strategies to realize the vision of the
Filipino Child within the first quarter of the 21st century. This vision pictures
the Filipino Child as healthy, happy, curious, confident, cooperative and able
to develop his or her full potential and faculties.
Significantly, Child 21 recognized current disparities in the treatment of boys
and girls and prescribed ways to address these. Furthermore, it strengthened
the Philippines commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in combating the
trafficking of and violence against women and girls and in ensuring genderresponsive policies and programs.
Along with the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (1999- 2004),
Child 21 binds national and local governments to synchronize development
plans and operations with the child as the focal beneficiary.
Since 1998 the Council for the Welfare of Children has conducted the Search
for Child-Friendly Municipalities and Cities to recognize the important role of
local government units in promoting and protecting childrens rights to
survival, development, protection and participation.
The annual search supports a broad-based Child-Friendly Movement towards
the realization of child rights in the Philippines. This Movement will actively
involve children, families, communities, the government, non-government
organizations, the private sector and other members of civil society. The Fifth
Country Programme for Children (CPC V) 1999-2003, a program of
cooperation between the Philippine Government and UNICEF, supports this
Education
13. All children 3-5 years old attend early education programs
14. All children 6-17 years old are in school and finish their schooling (both in
elementary and high school)
15. All children graduating in elementary and high school pass the
achievement tests
16. All out-of-school children are given alternative education
17. All illiterate parents/caregivers are enrolled in functional literacy program
Protection
18. All children are removed from exploitative and hazardous labor,
prostitution and pornography
19. All cases of physical and sexual abuse and violence are eliminated in the
home and community
Participation
20. All children 12-17 years old participate in socio-cultural and community
development activities
Family Practices
21. All families have safe drinking water
22. All families use only iodized salt.
23. All families use sanitary latrine
24. All fathers and mothers share in the care and rearing of children.
Why is it important to set up a Child-Friendly Barangay?
This is because like any adult, children have rights to live a decent life. Then
of course, children are the ones most affected in case calamities occur, both
natural (i.e., floods, earthquake, volcanic eruption) and manmade (i.e., wars).
They are the most vulnerable sector but are often left out in development
projects. And yet, children are the most in number and are supposedly, the
hope of the future generation.
It is important, therefore, for all sectors family, government and civil
society to take into consideration the needs and rights of children.
What are the local institutions that can attend to the needs and rights of children?
These include the:
Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC)