In South and Central Asia, as in other regions of the world, Save the Children Sweden’s objective is to contribute to the development and promotion of children’s rights in keeping with the principles contained in the UNCRC.
We aim at enabling children, communities, civil society organisations, private sector, media, religious leaders and government to play a stronger role for the realisation of children’s rights. We see ourselves as a facilitator, enabler, capacity builder and advocate on child rights issues. In many cases, we also provide both technical and financial support to our partners.
Since 2001, Child Rights Programming (CRP) has become integral to the work of Save the Children Sweden. This approach essentially uses the principles of child rights, expressed by UNCRC, to assess, plan, manage, implement and monitor programmes. Today, CRP forms the basis of all work undertaken by Save the Children Sweden at the regional and country level.
We follow an integrated approach - by means of strategic partnerships, direct support, capacity building, knowledge excellence, research and analysis, review and assessment, advocacy, awareness raising and communication - while keeping the Child Rights Programming principles, participation, accountability and non-discrimination, at the core to realise the rights of children.
Our learnings and experiences of over 30 years of work in South and Central Asia are reflected in a long term regional strategy, which forms the basis of all our work in the region.