Child Rights, Poverty, and Well-being: Measurement Debates and Empirical Advances

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-170
Author(s):  
Enrique Delamonica
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Child Rights

scholarly journals A rights and equity-based Platform and Action Cycle to advance child health and well-being by fulfilling the rights of children

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Simonelli ◽  
Raul Mercer ◽  
Sue Bennett ◽  
Andrew Clarke ◽  
Ana Isabel Fernandes Guerreiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
International Network ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Health And Well Being

The Think and Action Tank (TAT) on Children’s Rights to Health was established in 2013 as an international network of child health advocates. The TAT’s mission is, “To develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate rights and equity-based strategies, models, and tools to advance children’s health and well-being by fulfilling their rights.” Toward this end, the TAT has developed a conceptual and operational framework to support a human and child rights-based approach to health; and a Platform and Action Cycle (PAC) as a strategy and tool to translate the principles of human and child rights-based approaches to health into practice. The PAC consists of three action steps—contextualizing, assessing, and improving. Through a structured process of generating rights and equity-based statements, indicators, and reports, the PAC establishes a mechanism to engage multi-disciplinary professionals and children themselves in efforts to realize the vision of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

scholarly journals A Child Rights and Social Justice Framework for Analyzing Public Policy

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Nathawad ◽  
David L Wood ◽  
Jeffrey L Goldhagen
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Hpv Vaccine ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hpv Infection ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Effective Measure

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States (U.S.).  Despite data that supports HPV vaccine as an effective measure to prevent anogenital cancers, vaccine uptake rates in the U.S. have stagnated over the past few years and only one third of adolescents are fully immunized.  Adolescents are able to independently access STI diagnosis and treatment in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.  However, only California allows adolescents to obtain HPV vaccine without parental consent.  This creates a paradox where youth are able to independently receive treatment for HPV infection but not for its prevention.  Current approaches to HPV vaccine education and delivery have not been successful at improving immunization rates.  In this paper we propose the implementation of a child rights, social justice, and health equity-based approach to frame HPV vaccine policy.  Such an approach to vaccine policy will promote children’s participation in medical decision-making.  We postulate that by empowering children to be involved in issues pertaining to their health and well-being, they will be more likely to discuss HPV with their peers or families, and potentially be able to make informed independent decisions related to HPV vaccine.

scholarly journals A missing voice: the human rights of children to a tobacco-free environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigit Toebes ◽  
Marie Elske Gispen ◽  
Jasper V Been ◽  
Aziz Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
Health And Well Being

In this commentary, we flag the importance of taking a child-rights approach in the context of tobacco control, which is thus far unprecedented. This text was written in response to the Seventh Conference of States Parties of WHOs Framework Convention on Tobacco Control held in India from 7 to 12 November 2016.While the links between tobacco control and human rights were emphasised at this conference, a child-rights approach was missing. We argue that this novel angle provides important legal tools to protect the health and well-being of children. Because children are seen as ‘replacement smokers’ by the tobacco industry, protecting children in this context is key to haltering the devastating effects of tobacco use and exposure worldwide.

scholarly journals LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS IN NIGERIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Tajudeen Ibraheem
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
To Come

As far as human rights law is concerned, children constitute a minority group. They are by their nature very vulnerable and thus merit special laws to cater for their needs as the well-being of generations to come depend on how well children are raised today. The writer takes a look at the Nigerian legal system as it relates to children. It examines the UN CRC and the Nigerian CRA 2003.

A Human Rights Approach to Planning Families

Social Change ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-492
Author(s):  
Matthew Hamity ◽  
Carter Dillard ◽  
Sarah M. Bexell ◽  
Catharina Graff-Hughey
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Child Psychologists ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Life On Earth

We present reflections on the current normative model of family planning and provide a novel alternative model centred on children’s rights. Over the last half-century, environmentalists, ecological economists, and child psychologists have raised key issues facing child rights: the threat of climate change and environmental degradation, the critical importance of childhood development, and growing economic inequality. As these challenges have become more widely recognised, organisations and governments have responded by investing in renewable energy, preschools, and availability of birth control. However, human population is expected to reach an alarming 11 billion or more in 2100, endangering nearly all life on Earth. Family planning interventions are the most effective way to reduce population growth and improve human well-being while simultaneously preventing ecological collapse. However, comprehensive attempts at articulating a human rights approach to family planning are lacking: here is our attempt.

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