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Patricio Cuevas wins the 2008 World Vision Award for Innovation in Advocacy
By WVI Policy & Advocacy on 1 Aug 2008
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Since arriving in Lebanon in late 2006, Patricio Cuevas’ determination and efforts to end violence against children have put World Vision at the forefront of advocacy and child protection efforts.
The Anti-Corporal Punishment Project, led by Patricio, is a three-year initiative that includes drafting the new law on child protection, research on corporal punishment in schools and training educational staff.
The award prize will fund an advocacy and lobbying campaign to support a new law to prevent violence against children. This will include forums to promote debate and dialogue on the new law and engage government officials, members of Parliament, the media and other civil society organisations.
These forums will culminate in a national forum which will use the United Nations study on violence against children as the basis of its work.
 | | Patricio with children during the Anti-Coporal Punishment Campaign |
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