<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"><br></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">E-COURSE / SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR CHILD RIGHTS WITH
EQUITY / UNICEF AND THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ERF)</span></strong><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">[Contributed with thanks by Emilie Filmer-Wilson, DOCO]: This
innovative programme is a foundational course on economic and social policies
to promote equity and child rights. The topics include: the human rights-based
approach to development; socially-responsive macroeconomic policies such as
fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies; equitable sector policies; public
finance and social budgeting; multidimensional poverty; social protection,
migration and climate change.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> This free, self-paced online course aims to provide
evidence-based arguments and advocacy skills needed to promote equity and
children’s rights in public policy and is available to all development partners
at UN agencies, governments, universities and civil society organizations.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black">Learn more<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3695452/393531/7312/0/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">here</span></a>.</span></strong></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">NEW/ ADVANCING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS – A GUIDE FOR AFRICAN CIVIL
SOCIETY (SECOND UPDATED EDITION) / SAVE THE CHILDREN SWEDEN AND PLAN
INTERNATIONAL:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">The second edition of the publication ‘Advancing Children’s Rights
– A Guide for Civil Society Organisations on how to engage with the African
Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">The Guide aims to be a
resource for civil society organizations who are interested in finding out more
about the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) and
the Committee. It contains practical advice and information on how civil
society can engage with the Committee to advance children’s rights in Africa. The second edition reflects important
developments relating to the Committee’s work, civil society organizations’
engagement with the Committee and the functioning of the CSO Forum on the
ACRWC.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:
9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Read more</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3695452/393531/7378/0/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">here</span></a></span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black">and access the publication</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3695452/393531/7379/0/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">here</span></a>.</span></strong></p>

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