Project PRIDE (Protection, Respect, Inclusion, Diversity & Equality) for Children of diverse SOGIESC

Project PRIDE for Children of diverse SOGIESC

Project Result Areas:

Child Participation
Child Protection

Project Target Reach:

Girls: 55

Women: 55

Boys: 55

Men: 55

About The Project:

Project PRIDE (Protection, Respect, Inclusion, Diversity & Equality) for Children of diverse SOGIESC

Save the Children believes that all children deserve to be treated with respect. Unfortunately, many Filipino children with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) continue to experience violence and discrimination in many spaces, including their home and schools. Project PRIDE, a pilot project by Save the Children Philippines in partnership with GALANG PH, aims to promote the protection and inclusion of children with diverse SOGIESC in national and local legislative and executive policies; capacity building and programming of child-rights organizations and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) organizations; and within families and children/youth organizations in communities. This Project PRIDE will be implemented from 2023 until
2025 in Quezon City.

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Needs of the Community:

Save the Children believes that all children deserve to be treated with respect:

Call on the government to protect and promote the rights of children and youth with diverse SOGIESC
Mainstream child and youth rights regardless of SOGIESC within different program areas by various child rights organizations
Improve support and protection for children and youth with diverse SOGIESC within their local communities
Follow-up government plans and actions to address Child Rights Committee Concluding Observations and Universal Periodic Review Recommendations on the discrimination against LGBTQIA+ children
Consciousness-raising on SOGIESC among government allies
Promotion of the inclusion and protection of children and young people of diverse SOGIESC in the legislative and executive policies
Capacity Building of child-rights organizations in mainstreaming SOGIESC
Capacity building of LGBTQIA+ organizations on child rights, child rights programming, and safeguarding
Support child participation in community decision-making processes and child/youth initiatives with Citizenship Fund
Support parents and caregivers in practicing positive parenting
Access on local protection services for children/young people of diverse SOGIESC

Project Location/s:

Malabon City, Metro Manila

Quezon City, Metro Manila

Project Partner/s:

GALANG Philippines

Project Stories:

Children with diverse SOGIESC are more vulnerable to violence – Save the Children

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About Save the Children Philippines

Save the Children Philippines has been working hard every day to give Filipino children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for and with children to positively transform their lives and the future we share.

DSWD License No.: DSWD-SB-L-00008-2024
Coverage: Regions I, II, III, IV-A, IV-MIMAROPA, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, CARAGA, CAR, and NCR
Period: February 16, 2024 – February 17, 2027