2013

5000+

Year of establishment

NGO Collaborations

50+

20+

Children Reached

Human Rights Professionals in Our Network

About Us

At CRIA, we believe children are not just beneficiaries of rights; they are co-creators of change.

We bring together children, young people, and adults as equal partners in research, dialogue, and decision-making to reimagine the systems that shape childhood.

Through intergenerational collaboration, CRIA builds platforms where children’s lived experiences guide the design of inclusive policies and practices.

Our work spans:

• Long-term participatory research on child participation

• Cross-cultural networks and exchanges

• A seven-day international forum that brings together children and adults from across the world for shared learning, dialogue, and collective action.

By integrating child-led inquiry into global conversations, we aim to break systemic barriers and build a world where children are heard, respected, and trusted.

Child Rights in Action (CRIA) is a global initiative committed to advancing meaningful and structured participation of children in shaping the policies, systems, and decisions that affect their lives.

MISSION

To create intergenerational spaces where children and adults come together as partners to:

• Conduct collaborative research that reflects children’s lived realities.

• Influence policy and practice through sustained dialogue and evidence.

• Reimagine systems through co-design and shared leadership.

A world where children are recognized as whole individuals, respected as knowledge-holders, trusted as decision-makers, and included as co-creators of the systems that shape their lives.

We envision just, inclusive, and participatory societies where the voices, dreams, and lived experiences of children guide collective action at every level.

VISION

Our Pillars

CRIA’s approach rests on three interconnected pillars.

Together, they form a living ecosystem of research, dialogue, and transformation.

Intergenerational Collaboration

We create spaces where children and adults from varied disciplines work as equals, designing structures and programs through mutual trust, creativity, and shared leadership.

Participatory Research & Frameworks

Community-Rooted, Globally Connected

Change begins in local realities. We bridge grassroots voices and global platforms, ensuring that children’s contributions shape decisions across the street and across borders.

CRIA functions as a living participatory lab; co-developing tools, models, and research methodologies with children. We generate insights that reflect real experiences and influence real systems.

Our Team

Our Programs

The key objective of CRIA is to elevate the participation of children in decision-making and advocacy processes through integrated research, policy engagement, and the biannual forum. CRIA focuses on creating a space for children to be empowered as co-creators of the systems and structures that affect them.

Forum

The aim is to create an international, intergenerational space where children and adults co-lead dialogue, experiential learning, and collective design to advance meaningful child participation.

The forum bridges lived experience, research, and policy to reimagine the systems that shape children’s lives.

Research

The goal is to explore how systems of governance, policy, and socio-cultural norms across diverse contexts enable or restrict meaningful child participation.

Also, to co-create, through inter-generational collaboration, new frameworks that center children’s representation, agency, and voice.

Published Research

Reclaiming Voice

Reclaiming Voice: Children’s Rights and Participation in China–Africa Development Partnerships

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Want to Collaborate?

Join the CRIA Network

CRIA Network is a global multidisciplinary and intergenerational community of child rights advocates and professionals to make children's rights (as defined by the UNCRC) a reality through the medium of child participation and advocacy.

Demonstrate different approaches of child participation and advocacy and exchange good practices enabling transformational learning.

Highlight issues/challenges faced by children while accessing rights in their daily lives.

Create opportunities for children and adults to collaborate on projects/ campaigns towards a socially just and inclusive society.

Purpose of CRIA Community

Registration Form for NGOs

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Get in Touch

Reach out to discuss child participation initiatives, partnerships, and engagement opportunities. Together, we can create impactful change for children's rights.