ACLIC Child Rights Monitoring and Advocacy Workshop
On July 31 and August 1, 2026, ACLIC held a two-day workshop focused on strengthening child rights monitoring and advocacy. On Day One, participants reviewed and refined the draft child rights monitoring checklist and received an overview of draft ACLIC policies and operational manuals. On Day Two, facilitated by Mr. Yinebeb of Save the Children, participants focused on developing evidence-based advocacy agendas. Working groups identified priority issues affecting vulnerable children in Addis Ababa, including access to education, healthcare, legal identity, child labor, disability inclusion, and gender-based violence (GBV) services. Using the Save the Children Advocacy Planning Toolkit, participants mapped decision-makers, developed targeted messages, and created actionable advocacy plans to influence policies, budgets, and services from the community to the national level.
Promoting ACLIC to partners and important government stakeholders
On July 27, 2026, the Organization for Social Development (OSD) held a collaborative workshop at the Azziman Hotel in Addis Ababa to promote the Addis Child-Led Initiatives Coalition (ACLIC) among SIDA partners, civil society organizations, and local government stakeholders. Entirely facilitated by child leaders from ACLIC, the event served as a platform to highlight the coalition’s achievements in child rights advocacy and to foster stronger institutional partnerships for child-led initiatives. In alignment with OSD's strategic efforts to build inclusive, rights-based capacity across development programming, the gathering brought together 67 key representatives to discuss gender equality, disability inclusion, and child participation. A major highlight of the workshop was the joint technical review of OSD's draft monitoring checklist, where participants worked together to refine the tool into a gender-sensitive, accessible instrument designed to strengthen accountability and support evidence-based advocacy for children's rights.
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