Advocacy
Evidence-based advocacy
With and for children
Terre des Hommes engages in evidence-based advocacy with and for children at local, national, regional and international levels to prevent and stop child exploitation.
We do this by strategically bringing the voices of children, families and communities together with our own knowledge into spaces where duty bearers and decision-makers are present. Where there are no existing spaces for engaging with decision-makers, we seek to create them.
Our role
We see our role as one that provides knowledge, advocacy, networks and access to platforms to enable meaningful change to happen through joint effort with others.
When needed, we are there to push stakeholders to take action, and we can at times be a critical friend to those who are reluctant to act. We will also advocate with institutional donors to prioritise child exploitation issues and adopt funding practices that enable organisations to work on systemic change.
What we do
We advocate, lobby and, if needed, utilise legal mechanisms to prevent and stop child exploitation by working with and for children at local, national, regional and international levels to influence change in the systems that facilitate and perpetuate child exploitation.
We do so using quality evidence, strategic partnerships, networking, children and community views and our knowledge and expertise. This work is driven by global projects and coherent country, regional and global advocacy agendas.