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Causality Analysis

SESSION 3.2

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Develop a CAUSALITY ANALYSIS of the identified problem/s on CICL based on the general summary statement of the problem.

SESSION OBJECTIVES

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OBJECTIVE of WORKSHOP: Draft CBJIP

SITUATION ANALYSIS OF CICL/CAR

CAUSALITY

ANALYSIS

THEORY OF

CHANGE

RESULTS-BASED FRAMEWORK

CHANGE STRATEGIES

THE ROAD TOWARDS THE WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE

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CAUSALITY ANALYSIS seeks to better understand the reasons why children commit crimes.

It is important to identify and understand these reasons because these are what you need to address in order to solve the problem later on.

What is CAUSALITY ANALYSIS?

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What is CAUSALITY ANALYSIS?

CAUSALITY ANALYSIS seeks to better understand the bottlenecks that obstruct the resolution of a problem or that prevent children from enjoying their rights at the “supply”, “demand”, and “anabling environment”.

CAUSALITY ANALYSIS requires systematically asking which elements of “supply”, “demand” and “enabling environment” are the main causes for the defined problem.

It is important to identify and understand these reasons/causes/bottlenecks because these are what you need to address (eliminate, reduce) in order to solve the identified issues of CAR/CICL

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IMPORTANT BASIC ASSUMPTIONS

Nobody is born a law breaker, drug abuser, malnourished, stunted, violent, victim, bully, bobo, drop-out, etc. (Walang batang likas na-)

No such thing as criminal genes, violent genes, bobo genes, stunting genes, etc... (Hindi namamana ang masamang gawain …)

Child offenders do not just become offenders overnight; a child does not become malnourished overnight. Etc…

CIRCUMSTANCES around a child DEFINE what he or she will become, thus CAUSALITY ANALYSIS.

May KWENTO Sa bawa’t KWENTA.

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Immediate Causes

(Demand Side)

Underlying Causes (Supply Side)

Structural Causes (Enabling Environment)

Family

Community

Society

CAUSALITY ANALYSIS USING SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL MODEL

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CAUSALITY ANALYSIS identify the factors that cause children to become CICL.

In CAUSALITY ANALYSIS, we identify the reasons that push children to become CICL and analyze if there are initiatives that respond to CICL or that prevent them from becoming CICL.

Family side,
Community side, and
Structural side Enabling Environment.

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Levels of Analysis	Questions for Analysis	Some of the reasons or causes might be the following:
Immediate Causes (Demand Side) Behaviour, Tradition, Practices	What are the factors in the families that push children to become CICL? What are the practices, beliefs that may push children to become CICL? Are the parents aware of children’s rights? Do children have the knowledge and skills to resist temptations to become CICL? Are the children’s basic needs adequately met?	Parents physically abuse their children that drive them away from their houses. Parents are not aware of child rights. Children steal money to help their poor parents Children’s basic needs are not met at home.

CAUSALITY ANALYSIS - EXAMPLE

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Levels of Analysis	Questions for Analysis	Some of the reasons or causes might be the following:
Underlying causes (Supply Side)	Are there adequate services for CICL? Are there available facilities catering to CICL? Is there a protocol/system on management of CICL? Are the service providers properly trained? Is there coordination, networking among agencies?	Children are influenced by bad peers in the Barangay. There is no protocol in management of CICL and CAR There limited opportunities in the community for play and recreation. Services for children are insufficient

Causality Analysis - Example

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Causality Analysis of CICL Template – cont.

Levels of Analysis	Questions for Analysis	Some of the reasons or causes might be the following:
Structural causes (Enabling Environment)	Are there adequate laws promoting and protecting children’s rights? Are relevant laws on children (e.g. RA 9344) effectively enforced? Are there enough local budget for CICL? Are the relevant structures on children functional? LCPC? How supportive are the local leaders (LCE) to CICL program? Is the 1% mandatory allocation for LCPC being used properly?	The LGU has no ordinance protecting children. Laws on children are not implemented in the LGU The are no facilities for children in the locality. The 1% mandatory allocation for children is not being used properly. The LGU has no Development Plan for Children.

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Group Work 2

Come up with a Causality Analysis on CICL/CAR

Instructions:

Enumerate the factors that cause children to become CICL or that cause CICL to increase. Concentrate on the level that you will be assigned. Please use the template.
Same moderator, same documentor.
After one hour, each group will be given a chance to present their output. Others can provide inputs.

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Group 1.

Levels of Analysis	Factors that cause children to become CICL and Reasons why the number of CICL is increasing
Immediate Causes (Demand Side) Behaviour, Tradition, Practices

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Group 2.

Levels of Analysis	Factors that cause children to become CICL and Reasons why the number of CICL is increasing
Underlying causes (Supply Side)

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Group 3.

Levels of Analysis	Factors that cause children to become CICL and Reasons why the number of CICL is increasing
Structural causes (Enabling Environment)

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Transpose the causality analysis into a problem tree.

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Problem Statement: The number of CICL is increasing in the LGU of_____ from 25 in 2019 to 75 in June 2020.

FAMILY

SIDE

COMMUNITY SIDE

LOCAL STRUCTURE

Parents physically abuse their children

Children influenced by bad peers

no ordinance protecting children

Parents are not aware of child rights

No protocol on handling CICL/CAR

Laws on children are not implemented

Children steal money to help parents

limited opportunities for play/recreation.

1% allocation for children unused

Children’s basic needs not met .

Services for children are insufficient

No Development Plan for Children.

SAMPLE: CAUSALITY ANALYSIS OF CICL/CAR IN THE LGU of …

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Problem Statement: