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NOTE:
The process of selecting the 9 regional representatives is still underway in some regions, and will be announced shortly.
Role of the Advisory Council
Its primary purpose is to encourage and maintain NGO involvement at national, regional and international levels in advocacy with governments, UN agencies and others for full implementation of the Study's recommendations.
The nine international Members
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The nine international representatives have already been selected based on nominations invited from INGOs around the world. Each representative was selected based on the representative’s/organization’s commitment to the study, expertise on violence against children, ability to relate to broader networks during the follow-up, past history of participation in the study process, and potential contribution to the follow-up process. Paulo Pinheiro and Jaap Doek were each consulted for the final selection process.
Members are:
Sara Austin
World Vision International
Jo Becker
Human Rights Watch
Roberta Cecchetti
International Save the Children Alliance
Virginia Murillo Herrera
Defense for Children International
Peter Newell
Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment of Children
Theo Noten
End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)
Cecile Trochu Grasso
OMCT/World Organization Against Torture
Ann-Kristin Vervik
Plan International
Veronica Yates
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
Regional Representatives
North America: Katherine Covell, Children's Rights Centre, Cape Breton
University, Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada
South Asia: Mr. Gauri Pradhan, Child Workers Concerned Center in Nepal
(CWIN), Kathmandu, Nepal
West and Central Africa: Mr MALLY Kwadjo Essediaba, WAO Afrique (Action
to stop child exploitation), Lomé, Togo.
Latin America: Gerardo Sauri,
Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México
The Caribbean: Hellen van der Wal,
Stichting Arubaanse Kinder- en Jeugdtelefoon – Child Helpline Aruba
East and Southern Africa: Gilbert O. Onyango, The Cradle, Children's Foundation, Kenya
East Asia & Pacific: Irene V. Fonacier-Fellizar, Center for the Promotion, Advocacy and Protection of the Rights of the Child Foundation, Inc.
Middle East and North Africa:
Thaira Shalan, Arab Council for Childhood and Development
