Creating spaces for dialogue on Human Rights integration experiences in CSOs

Mexico City, July 9, 2021 — Fundación Dibujando un Mañana hosted the conversation “Integrating the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) for a Successful Care Process for Children, Adolescents, and Youth,” featuring special guests from civil society organizations that have successfully implemented HRBA in their work with children, adolescents, and youth in vulnerable conditions.

“For several years now, Fundación Dibujando un Mañana has worked from a Human Rights-Based Approach—an approach focused on the promotion and protection of human rights, seeking to integrate them into all our actions and always placing the rights-holder, in this case girls and boys, at the center of our work,” said Katty Beltrán, Executive Director of Fundación Dibujando un Mañana, who formally opened the event.

The conversation, moderated by Marian Olvera from Fundación Quiera, featured Mónica Sánchez, Executive Director of Club de Niños y Niñas de Nuevo León; Patricia Secunza, Executive Director of Ednica in Mexico City; Gabriel León, Executive Director of Mayama in Jalisco; and Connie Durán, President and Founder of Puerta Abierta in Querétaro. They discussed the importance of integrating HRBA into a CSO, the conditions organizations must consider to adopt this approach, and the challenges and changes that may arise during implementation.

“When Fundación Dibujando un Mañana invited us to participate (…) once we adopted the approach, Puerta Abierta enhanced its programs with a new perspective. It has allowed us to grow as an institution and has paid off in many ways—in how we apply for funding, in how we are received. It has been especially beneficial for the girls, seeing them as rights-holders. We already saw them that way, but changing the language was the challenge,” shared Connie Durán, President and Founder of Puerta Abierta.

Panelists also shared their experiences working with this approach in their institutions and why they believe it is important to share them in spaces like this. “I believe it is the responsibility of organizations like ours to position this approach in society—through content on social media, in the media, and in academic spaces,” emphasized Gabriel León, Executive Director of Mayama.

At Fundación Dibujando un Mañana, our mission is to help children, adolescents, and youth in vulnerable situations exercise their rights to improve their quality of life. We do this by strengthening the institutions that serve them, making them more effective and sustainable. We are convinced that HRBA can generate valuable tools to achieve this, especially in promoting human rights.

To learn more and explore the full details of the conversation, we invite you to watch the livestream recording on our Facebook page: https://bit.ly/2VnMe0B and on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3xsPVQT. You can also visit the special section on our website dedicated to promoting Human Rights and the Human Rights-Based Approach: https://bit.ly/2T1RqGG.