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CPP Welcomes New SE Asia Project Manager
 Jamnan Panpatama joined IICRD in February 2010 as the CPP Southeast Asia Project Manager. She previously worked with child development organizations namely Christian Children Funds and Save the Children - Norway in Thailand as a program officer. In addition, she also worked for a CIDA-funded womens development program as well as in the private sector. Read more about Jamnan... |
The CPP BIAAG research team has just completed its research "Brazilian Adolescent Girls in a Virtual World" for Plan International's Because I am a Girl 2010 edition that will be released in September 2010. The research collected the views of Brazilian girls and ICT and included working with an adolescent girls advisory group, eight focus groups - four with adolescent girls and four with adolescent boys - and an online survey posted at netica.org.br/cpp-br. The survey will remain posted for a while longer so we encourage young people in Brazil to complete it. Thank you to our CPP Brazil partners: NECA, Obra do Berco, Secretariat of Social Inclusion of Municipality of Santo Andre, Estrela Dalva, Childhood Brasil, SaferNet, and Plan Brasil and our research team Luiz Rossi, Silvia Lossaco, Suzanne Williams and Micheal Montgomery who were involved in the work. |
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CPP - Thailand at a glance
CPP Thailand has seen some exciting progress with public and private partners. The ongoing development of IC4, an ICT safety curriculum, with private company Certiport is much anticipated and is expected to be piloted with more than 70,000 students at schools supported by Royal Thai Princess Sirindorn as early as August 2010.
 Thai beneficiaries of CPP trainings are using the Circle of Rights methodology in classrooms in CPP pilot locations and discussions about child rights and protection are happening without direct CPP facilitation. This is a major step towards mainstreaming child rights and protection discussions amongst all facets of society.
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Here are some things that Brazilian girls are saying about ICT in their lives...
"Lan houses are not safe. There is drug dealing and people do whatever they feel like." - Girl, age 13
"For me, I would keep connected to internet day and night." - Girl, age 12
"I have hit sites that talk about sexual intercourse, the way they are expected to happen, how to do birth control." - Girl, age 13
"What Lan houses most offer is risk. Porno sites simply pop up. Screens are open and are available on the computer." - Girl, age 12
"We alone can alert ourselves and not be misled." - Girl, age 11 |
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Pilot Site Profile - Maranhão, Brazil
CPP in partnership with Plan Brazil, is working in the State of Maranhão, Brazil. Located in Northeast Brazil, five of its municiplaities are participating in the Circle of Rights  methodology to better understand the uses and dangers of ICT that children experience in the region. The creation of a new law regulating Local Area Network Houses (Lanhouses) makes this an important pilot location as there is the potential to share learning about the new law with lanhouse owners and government decision makers who regulate more than 90,000 Lanhouses across Brazil. Read more....
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Safer Internet Day 2010 a Huge Success
SID 2010 was celebrated in over 79 countries and organizations around in the world on February 9th. For an overview of the participants, activities carried out and the press coverage check out the latest Insafe newsletter.
The call for proposals under the Safer Internet programme has been launched. Proposals may be submitted for a variety of thematic topics by the submission deadline: May 27, 2010. For more information, visit the Safer Internet programme's website. |
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Upcoming Events
April 2010
- 12-19 - Twelfth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, "Comprehensive strategies for global challenges" in Salvador, Brazil
- 26-28 - UNICEF - GPIA Conference on Adolescent Girls in New York City, CPP presentation with Plan Canada partner
- CPP IICRD field visit to Brazil that will focus on Circle of Rights Planning and Creation phases
- Certiport IC4 curriculum piloted in NE Thailand with teachers
Ongoing
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