Childrens Dignity Forum Strategic Plan 2016 - 2019 - Legal Advisory Service Childrens Dignity Forum Strategic Plan 2016-2019 Childrens Dignity Forum’s (CDF) roll är att stärka och underlätta opinionsbildning kring mänskliga rättigheter för barn som utsatts för, eller riskerar att utsättas för, barnäktenskap, kvinnlig könsstympning, könsbaserat våld och andra könsbaserade orättvisor. CDF kommer även att arbeta för en mer stödjande social miljö för skydd av barn, för involverande av barn på ett meningsfullt sätt i den lokala utvecklingen och för att främja mäns och pojkars engagemang för jämställdhet. Insatsen kommer också att bidra till att stärka CDFs kapacitet som organisation i syfte att CDF på ett effektivt sätt skall kunna genomföra sin strategiska plan.
CDF arbetar holistiskt med alla barn, samhällsmedlemmar, ledare och andra intressenter i syfte att göra det möjligt för lokalsamhällen att utforma sin egen verksamhet baserat på egna idéer. Metoden syftar bl.a. till att främja att barn bidrar och vågar uttrycka sina åsikter med tillförsikt inför andra. 

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CDFs function is to strengthen and facilitate human rights advocacy for children at risk and or affected by child marriage, FGM, GBV and  other gender inequalities. CDF also intends to facilitate establishing a supportive environemnt for enhancement of meaningful child protection and sustainable participation of children in development initiatives and promote men and boys engagement for GE.. It also focuses on strengthening the organisations capacity in order to effectively and efficiently implement its strategic plan.

Childrens Dignity Forum promotes a wholistic approach that focuses on the inclusion of all children, community members, leaders and other stakeholders.. These approaches aim at enabling the communities to design their own activities, generate own ideas and develop information. These approaches also aim to promote children to contribute freely and express their views accordingly, and with confidence in front of other community members. The specific approaches used include: Advocacy, building partnerships, participation, networking and capacity building. CDFs function is to strengthen and facilitate human rights advocacy   for children at risk and or affected by child marriage, FGM, GBV and  other gender inequalities. CDF also intends to facilitate             establishing a supportive environemnt for enhancement of meaningful   child protection and sustainable participation of children in         development initiatives and promote men and boys engagement for GE. The development intervention's vision is promotion of children's rights for most vulnerable children, through creation of working forums that empowers children, families and communities. The overall goals is socially and economically independent children capable of contributing towards the development of Tanzania by 2018 - 2019. The thematic goals of the development intervention are:

1) Girls Empowerment: Effective realisation of social, economic and political rights of girls in the Childrens Dignity Forum programme areas.
2) Child Protection and Participation: Effective protection and participation of children in decision making at all levels in the CDF programme areas.
3) Boys and Men engagement: Boys and men effectively promoting the rights of women and girls in the CDF programme areas.
4) Organisational Development, sustainability and growth: A financially sustainable and progressively growing CDF organisation.

The development intervention will aim to target and benefit beneficiaries who are predominantly in school and out of school boys and girls below the age of 18 years living within selected programme districts in Mara, Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, Coast, Mbeya, Dodoma, Njombe and Iringa regions. It will also target beneficiaries in Singida, Lindi, Shinyanga, Manyara, Arusha and Mtwara regions.