Adolescents from the organization “Yo Tambien tengo algo que decir" were consulted by the local government in Huánuco (Peru), to provide inputs for the “Situational diagnosis of gender-based violence against women, girls, adolescents and family members”.

The adolescents, who take part in PASC program with Paz y Esperanza, provided their perspectives on the risk factors that make them vulnerable to the different expressions of gender-based violence. They also reflected on the protective factors needed to prevent this type of violence at the family, community and social levels, and analysed the barriers of the protection system to address it.

The diagnosis will be delivered to the new Regional Governor of Huánuco to be applied as a management tool for local government public strategies.

Children and adolescents held a virtual session to analyze and prepare a report on the main progress and challenges of the situation of their rights in Peru

In this session, they identified those rights that have not been fulfilled in the last four years, as well as recommendations that they themselves made to the Universal Periodic Review for the fulfilment and respect of their human rights in Peru.

Among the recommendations made by the children and adolescents are actions related to the dissemination through social networks in order to reach their peers, and thus promote a current of opinion favourable to enforce their rights. They hope to reach public opinion and share their proposals with the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for preparing the UPR report of Peru.

CECODAP (Centro Comunitario de Aprendizaje) has led the Seminar "School Bullying: a reality that cannot wait". As a result, more than 400 people, including teachers, psychologists, lawyers and social workers were trained in the detection and prevention of bullying.

Alejandro Castro, the director of the Observatory of School Coexistence of the Catholic University (Cuyo, Argentina), shared the context and trends of bullying in Latin America.  During the seminar they addressed the socio-emotional and legal aspects, tools and strategies to prevent/act against bullying situations experienced by children in schools.

These actions build capacity for better prepared staff to deal with bullying at the local level, as well as the inclusion of the issue with the educational community and their families.

Isabel López, President of the Board of Directors of Paz y Esperanza in Peru, is one of the candidates for Public Representative to the Regional Mechanism of the Escazú Agreement, having been admitted as a candidate for Subregion 1 which comprises the countries of South America.  She has extensive experience in working with women and indigenous peoples, and is committed to the promotion and defense of human rights and nature.

The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, better known as the Escazú Agreement, is a tool to improve the protection of human rights in environmental justice and transparency.

The representatives will be elected next November and will contribute to the dissemination of information, the incorporation of proposals in the decisions to be made by the board of directors, the promotion of public participation and the ratification/accession of the treaty, among others. 

Paz y Esperanza joins this initiative to continue advocating for an Escazú that allows the realization of the right to a healthy environment and sustainable development with an intergenerational approach that includes children and adolescents.

The PANIAMOR Foundation organized the seventh edition of "Art for Children and Adolescents", inspired by love, respect and care for children and adolescents. The event included a silent auction, art exhibition and workshops for children and adolescents at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH), in San José, Costa Rica.

Fifty artists donated a piece of their artwork to share their emotions and ways of seeing the world through art. They also supported PANIAMOR Foundation to continue developing its mission, which seeks to promote culture and art, as well as to contribute to the goal of eliminating all forms of violence and exclusion suffered by the most vulnerable populations.
 

In a dialogue session with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), children and adolescents from children-led regional networks shared their perceptions and opinions on the vindication of child labor, as well as their right to protection from exploitation. The participants are part of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Defense of the Rights of Children and Adolescents (Rednnyas) and the Latin American and Caribbean Movement of Working Children (MOLACNATS),.

During the dialogue, the children and adolescents urged the IACHR to be allies of their demands with the States and the International Labour Organization, to integrate their voices in these issues, to recognize them as child workers and to integrate their contributions to public policies and agreements. The children and adolescents of REDNNYAS and MOLACNATS echoed "nothing about us, without us".

More than 800 children and adolescents from Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the Zoom on your Rights 2022 Contest and expressed their ideas and demands for their rights to be guaranteed. 

THANK YOU for being part of this project! 

The winning teams will soon be announced at the virtual awards event to be held in November - stay tuned!