GENEVA ADVOCACY OFFICE
Save the Children’s founder, Eglantyne Jebb, first drafted the Declaration on the Rights of the Child in Geneva that was later to inspire the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The Geneva Office was initially established by Save the Children to influence the drafting of the UNCRC and to later follow-up on its implementation.
Today, the Geneva Advocacy Office continues to seek to secure positive and lasting change in children’s lives through child-rights advocacy and influencing of global policy discussions and processes. We engage Save the Children national offices, partners and children themselves in key discussions and mechanisms relating to humanitarian crises, human rights, health and migration, so that children are at the heart of decision-making and global policies are child-centric. We work in close partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, including the United Nations, Member States and civil society.
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Geneva Advocacy Office
La Voie-Creuse 16
1202 Geneva Switzerland
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LATEST NEWS
15 Jun 2026
"I Decide": How Cash in Hand Helped Hawa's Family Survive Displacement
Conflict forced Hawa*, 60, to flee with nothing. Unconditional cash from Save the Children, through the ECHO-funded Somali Cash Consortium, carried her family through their hardest months in Qandala, Somalia.
15 Jun 2026
Young children paying the highest price one month since DRC declared new Ebola crisis – Save the Children
The outbreak declared on 15 May has rapidly become the third largest ever recorded in the DRC, with some 782 confirmed cases and 181 confirmed deaths, according to latest figures from the Ministry of Health, and children are among the most vulnerable, said Save the Children.
12 Jun 2026
Terms of Reference - National Facilitator for the Implementation of Child Rights-Based Consultations, Data Analysis and Reporting
SCiK is seeking to engage a facilitator to support the implementation of the consultation methodology at the national level, analyze the data and draft the national results, with key recommendations included. The assignment will be implemented through a participatory and child-rights-based methodology, grounded in co-creation with children and developed collaboratively by consortium partners, ensuring that children are not only consulted, but are actively engaged in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the digital literacy packages.