Save the Children Girl Champion Maryam Ahmed from Nigeria visits the United Nations with our Public Policy and Advocacy staff. Photo credit: Save the Children, October 2017

Save the Children Girl Champion Maryam Ahmed from Nigeria visits the United Nations with our Public Policy and Advocacy staff. 

Global Policy and Advocacy

Education. Health. Safety. We Advocate for the Well-Being of the World’s Most Vulnerable Children and Fight to Uphold the Rights of Every Last Child.

Save the Children generates evidence-based insights and recommendations for policymakers to ensure that all children survive, thrive and are protected. Our policy team educates and cultivates political leadership to adopt proven practices, policies and programs for the world’s most vulnerable children, families and communities. And our advocacy enables us to disseminate knowledge and effective practices to help kids at scale.

Through research, partnership and advocacy, we build the political will to drive policy change at the local, national and global levels. Our research and advocacy is drawn from global best practices and our own expertise generated from programs in 120 countries around the world.

A Snapshot of Our Work to Improve Children’s Lives

  • We champion effective US foreign assistance funding for children and families
  • We engage the United Nations to ensure that refugee children don’t miss out on their education and are protected in humanitarian crises
  • We produce timely, relevant research featured in leading development policy and media outlets including the World Bank, The Guardian and the Brookings Institution
Eight-year-old Johaumi smiles brightly, dressed in a pink sweatshirt and her dark hair in a long braid. Johaumi is a Venezuelan migrant living with her mother and siblings in a dusty border town in northern Colombia. The area is a hotbed of trafficking and brutality and is now home to thousands of Venezuelan migrants who have been driven out of their country by hunger, extreme poverty and violence. They sleep on the street. Photo credit: Sacha Myers / Save the Children, October 2018.
Gender Equality and Girls Empowerment
READ MORE
Girls around the world still face lifelong inequalities that begin in childhood. Save the Children is committed to working with governments to ensure equality.
A 12-year-old Syrian girl, in the Anjar Refugee camp in Lebanon. Save the Children offers programs in the camp to help keep refugee children healthy, educated and safe.
Humanitarian Crises
SEE HOW
As an international leader in humanitarian response, we ensure children are kept safe during and after humanitarian crises.
In Lebanon, Leah attends a Child Rights and Governance session at her local Save the Children sponsored education center
Democracy, Rights and Governance
GET INFO
Save the Children’s mission to ensure children are healthy, educated and safe, relies upon addressing the legal and policy barriers to children’s rights and well-being.
A 7-year-old boy participates in a math lesson at his community school in the Sarlahi district of Nepal. Photo credit: Victoria Zegler / Save the Children, May 2018.
Education
EXPLORE
Our global education advocacy aims to lift children out of poverty and spur economic opportunity.
A 1-year-old baby girl clings to her mother at a Save the Children nutrition center in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees – the mother is waiting to get a dose of Vitamin A for her daughter as part of Nutrition Action week. Photo credit: Daphnee Cook / Save the Children, July 2018.
Food Security and Nutrition
READ ON
Nearly 800 million people globally are facing food insecurity and over 160 million children suffer chronic malnutrition every year.

Resources

Read our industry-leading End of Childhood report.
See a full list of the Global Policy and Advocacy Resources.
View the Latest Policy Research and Advocacy Blogs.

Welcome!

Thank you for signing up! Now, you’ll be among the first to know how Save the Children is responding to the most urgent needs of children, every day and in times of crisis—and how your support can make a difference. You may opt-out at any time by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of any email.

By providing my mobile phone number, I agree to receive recurring text messages from Save the Children (48188) and phone calls with opportunities to donate and ways to engage in our mission to support children around the world. Text STOP to opt-out, HELP for info. Message & data rates may apply. View our Privacy Policy at savethechildren.org/privacy.