| Indicator ID | J9 |
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| Indicator full statement | # of advocacy actions at global, regional, and country levels, which engaged children and youth, high-level policymakers, multidisciplinary practitioners, civil society organizations, and institutions to produce systemic changes in child justice norms and practices. |
Purpose
| Importance | This indicator aims to measure the number of advocacy actions on child-centred justice. |
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| Related services | Catalogue of services: Advocacy. |
Definition
Advocacy actions: lobby actions, events/conferences/congress (can be discreet/small with decision-makers, to involve a mass public e.g. World Congress on Justice With Children), meetings, statements, open letters, roundtables, and policy recommendations.
Systemic changes: refer to the full overhaul of the (child) justice system (in different countries) with the objective to create a lasting difference. While approaches may vary, this form of change typically involves modifying policies, processes, relationships, mindsets, and power structures within a system to understand and fix underlying issues
How to collect & analyse the data
| What do we count? | Tdh counts advocacy actions of several types (see definition above). |
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| How to calculate the indicator's value | The sum of advocacy actions performed (led or significantly contributed to). |
| Data sources | Event reports, pictures, attendance lists, project data, policy documents, media, etc. analysis reports. |
| Data collection methods and tools | Ongoing collection according to the advocacy actions led or contributed significantly to. This indicator is to be collected at local, national, regional, and global levels, disaggregating by geographical scope. |
| Disaggregation | Scope - level of action : local, national, regional, global |
Limitations and precautions
An advocacy action where Tdh is only a participant does not count. This indicator captures advocacy actions where Tdh leads, is involved in the coordination (e.g. steering committee), is a presenter/panelist, etc.
The advocacy action needs to be around child-centered justice (specialized theme).
It is strongly advisable to report on qualitative information (type of actors, topics/actions discussed, strategies to follow to achieve systemic change, immediate outcomes from the advocacy actions, main allies at the political level, children’s views, and contributions, etc.)
What further analysis are we interested in?
What are the causality links between the advocacy action and the systemic change sought?
Which variety of actors are involved/are instrumental in producing changes?
What different inputs and perspectives have emerged?
Is the advocacy action leading to larger collective action?
How children were involved and how their inputs have been discussed and considered in particular?
Additional guidance
Global Initiative on Justice With Children - Advocacy
Tdh Advocacy Tracker (TBC)