Child Participation

Children have the right to participate in matters affecting their lives and should be enabled to give their opinions, and to have those opinions taken into account. Through participation, children learn self-expression, empowerment and ultimately greater self-esteem.  Children are a diverse group and therefore children of different ages, abilities, backgrounds, races, and both genders should ideally be included in a consultation process.

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UN General Assembly A/RES/64/142,

The Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children were endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 20th November 2009, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

UN General Assembly A/RES/64/142,

The Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children were endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 20th November 2009, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

Council of Europe,

Youth-friendly information booklet addressed to children and young people in alternative care.

Comité des droits de l’enfant,

Le droit de l’enfant d’être entendu

Stephen Ucembe,

This report is the result of a workshop held with a group of young care-leavers drawn from ten different charitable children’s institutions or rehabilitation centres and of a questionnaire carried out on the young care-leavers.

Lucia Winters for Council for Disabled Children ,

A directory of resources promoting and guiding the participation of disabled children and young people in program development.

Church World Service,

This paper shares the philosophy and key components of the African development initiative Giving Hope that works with youth caregivers through an asset-based empowerment methodology. The approach facilitates the restoration of youth caregivers’ sense of self, belonging, power, and collective responsibility.

ARC,

This module provides practical information, guidelines, inspiring case studies and participatory tools to support organisations and key adult actors to engage with  children as rights holders and social actors, supporting their participation in decision­  making processes, which affect them and their communities.

International Social Service,

This article seeks to share a few examples of the implementation of the principle of the child’s right to participate from a recent desktop review conducted by ISS/IRC around the world.

ARC,

This module provides practical information, guidelines and participatory tools for  taking rights­-based approaches to programme planning and implementation.