Miriam College
Child Rights Advocacy Center
The Child Rights Advocacy Center (CRAC) is Miriam College’s specialized center for advocacy on the promotion and protection of child rights. The center is the school’s concrete and strategic response to its commitment to child-responsive policies, programs, processes, and practices through the creation and promotion of safe spaces for its students. This is done through collaboration with academic units, relevant offices, and other partner stakeholders. CRAC’s main programs and areas of involvement are the following: policy development; advocacy; education; and training on child protection and safeguarding.
Our Philosophy
Our Mission
The Child Rights Advocacy Center endeavors to uphold, promote and protect child’s rights. CRAC as a resource and service center, in collaboration with academic units, relevant offices and organizations, and other partner stakeholders, shall pursue science-based policy development, implement regulatory and statutory requirements, and conduct education and training activities.
Our Vision
The Child Rights Advocacy Center envisions itself to be a center of excellence advocating the promotion and protection of children’s rights through policy development, education, partnership, and linkages, geared towards the development of future leaders who are empowered to make a stand in upholding a just and humane society.
PROGRAMS AND AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
- Development of laws, policies and programs towards child-responsive practices.
- Compliance to statutory regulations on child rights promotion and protection.
ADVOCACY
Raise awareness of stakeholders on child rights’ issues and concerns
EDUCATION
Integration of child’s rights and responsibilities, and child protection in the curriculum, and practices
TRAINING
Build capacities of faculty, employees, administrators, parents and other stakeholders (both outside and inside MC) for child-responsive education, leadership, service, parenting and engagement through the conduct of learning sessions
