The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child was founded in 1992, registered in December 1992 as a society under the Societies Registration Act 1860, by Supreme Court Advocate Anees Jillani. The idea for creating Pakistan’s leading child rights organization came to fruition following a discussion between Anees Jillani and the then UNICEF Program Officer in Islamabad, and an International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) Training Course on Implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutes in Penang, Malaysia. SPARC works on a broad range of child rights issues, addressing the overall system and policy framework, with added focus on specific thematic areas of special importance to children. SPARC’s work is guided by international human rights principles and standards which are integrated at policy and program level. The main guiding documents include the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and relevant ILO Conventions. SPARC's mission is to promote and protect the rights of children and to empower them using international standards as a yardstick through advocacy supported by research, awareness raising, service delivery, and human and institutional development.
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What They Do
SPARC's programs include:
- Reaching out to Juvenile Prisoners in Central Jail Peshawar through Stakeholders’ Involvement
- Reaching Out to Incarcerated Youth through Educational Uplift
- Combating Child Early and Forced Marriage through Girls Empowerment
- Learning is Fun: Promoting Child Friendly Education
SPARC has also been operating four centers for street children in Peshawar, Hyderabad and Rawalpindi for several years. The objective of CSCs is to improve the quality of life of street children; and in this regard the CSCs offer services to the children visiting it, including reunification and referral to the Child Protection Bureau.