Empowering children, parents, and communities and encouraging participation

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Definition

Empowering children, parents, and communities and encouraging participation

Refers to the promotion of safe and meaningful participation of children within their families and communities, according to their evolving capacities; enhancing agency and social and behavioral change through parent engagement and disability-inclusive and gender-transformative approaches. Specific actions include building stronger relations between parents/caregivers and parenting networks, peer-to-peer parent networks, and other platforms and organizations to promote conversation, messaging, knowledge exchange and collaboration around parenting. It also includes engaging parents as partners and making them aware of available parenting support interventions, which will help shift social and cultural norms that can influence individual and collective behaviors related to parents’ uptake of interventions and continued engagement. 

Guiding questions and considerations

1

What strategies can be implemented to enhance young children's agency and promote social and behavioral change through parent and community engagement?

2

In what ways can disability-inclusive and gender-transformative approaches be integrated into parent engagement initiatives to ensure inclusivity and equity?

3

How can stronger relationships between parents/caregivers and parent groups, faith-based, youth, and peer-to-peer networks be fostered to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration around nurturing care and parenting?

4

How can parents and communities be effectively engaged as partners in parenting support interventions, and what methods can be employed to raise awareness about available support services?

5

What strategies can be implemented to shift social and cultural norms that may influence parents' and community members’ uptake of interventions and continued engagement?

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