Project Assistant in Child protection & Child Participation focal point, Défense des Enfants International Belgique
Topic: Since 2019, DEI Belgique has worked with children and young people with experience of migration in order to collect their experiences, opinions and recommendations, with the view to address key gaps in protection (found during their migration journey, but also in reception centres as well as after gaining international protection status or other forms of legal residence) and improve prevention, safety and support to victims through integrated child protection responses. As part of these activities, we have for example worked closely with young people to co-create education and awareness-raising materials on the topic of gender-based violence, as well as advocacy messages and tools in innovative formats, such as this illustrated Manifesto, denouncing multifaceted structural violence.
Tasks: Overview and inputs into DEI Belgique’s proposed methodology, help designing questionnaires or guidelines for key activities (interviews, data collection or staff training guidelines).
Requirements: Experience in social sciences and specifically, conducting research with and for young people; solid knowledge and background in child safeguarding standards, familiarity with theories of participation (Hart’s ladder of youth participation) and the evaluation of a participative process, willingness to work on migration-related / children in fragile contexts issues.
