This involves direct service provision and resource allocation to address the immediate causes of rights violations.

Examples could include providing scholarships to the families of girls who are out of school, feeding programs for under-nourished children, or rehabilitation and reintegration programs for former child soldiers.

This focuses on responsibilities of the state and focuses on improvements in policies, practices, structures, mechanisms, resource allocations and legislation so that the agents of the State are better enabled to uphold the rights of children.

Examples could include the creation of a child rights ombudsman, regulatory reform to improve law enforcement for child abuse, increasing the resources and authority of social workers, improving the knowledge of police on their obligations to children.

This pillar concerns strengthening the understanding and capacity of children and their families as rights holders and claim makers for child rights. It also concerns strengthening the capacity of organisations outside of government who work with children. It is about awareness raising, advocacy, policy dialogue and holding duty bearers to account for child rights.

Examples could include coalition-building among civil society for child rights, supporting children to demonstrate against government inaction on HIV/AIDS, or capacity building in policy analysis for a child rights organisation.