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 Thirtieth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: advancing a child rights-based approach to child health and well-being

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e000589
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Goldhagen ◽  
Andrew Clarke ◽  
Peter Dixon ◽  
Ana Isabel Guerreiro ◽  
Gerison Lansdown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Thirtieth Anniversary ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
Opportune Time ◽  
And Function ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

Global challenges to children’s health are rooted in social and environmental determinants. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) articulates the rights required to address these civil-political, social, economic and cultural determinants of child well-being. The principles of child rights—universality, interdependence and accountability—define the tenets of social justice and health equity required to ensure all rights accrue to all children, and the accountability of individuals and organisations (duty-bearers) to ensure these rights are fulfilled. Together, the CRC and child rights principles establish the structure and function of a child rights-based approach (CRBA) to child health and well-being—that provides the strategies and tools to transform child health practice into a rights, justice and equity-based paradigm. The 30th anniversary of the CRC is an opportune time to translate a CRBA to health and well-being into a global practice of paediatrics and child health.

scholarly journals Parenting among Settled Migrants from Southern Africa: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruvimbo Machaka ◽  
Ruth Barley ◽  
Laura Serrant ◽  
Penny Furness ◽  
Margaret Dunham
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Qualitative Evidence Synthesis ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
Global North ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Health And Well Being

AbstractThe Global North has over the years been a popular destination for migrants from the Global South. Most of the migrants are in their reproductive ages who go on to bear and raise children. The differences and subjectivity in the context of their experiences may have an impact on how they ensure that their children have the best possible health and well-being. This paper synthesises 14 qualitative research papers, conducted in 6 Global North countries. We gathered evidence on settled Southern African migrants experiences of bearing and raising children in Global North destination countries and how they conceptualise sustaining children’s health and well-being. Results of the review indicated a concerning need for support in sustaining children’s health and well-being. Cultural and religious beliefs underpin how the parents in these studies raise their children. More research is needed which engages with fathers and extended family.

scholarly journals Integrating Sustainable Development and Children’s Rights: A Case Study on Wales

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Rhian Croke ◽  
Helen Dale ◽  
Ally Dunhill ◽  
Arwyn Roberts ◽  
Malvika Unnithan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Deliberative Processes

The global disconnect between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), has been described as ‘a missed opportunity’. Since devolution, the Welsh Government has actively pursued a ‘sustainable development’ and a ‘children’s rights’ agenda. However, until recently, these separate agendas also did not contribute to each other, although they culminated in two radical and innovative pieces of legislation; the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure (2013) and the Well-being and Future Generations (Wales) Act (2015). This article offers a case study that draws upon the SDGs and the CRC and considers how recent guidance to Welsh public bodies for implementation attempts to contribute to a more integrated approach. It suggests that successful integration requires recognition of the importance of including children in deliberative processes, using both formal mechanisms, such as local authority youth forums, pupil councils and a national youth parliament, and informal mechanisms, such as child-led research, that enable children to initiate and influence sustainable change.

scholarly journals Unchained freedom in cyberspace: a new danger for children’s rights

2020 ◽  
pp. 391-395
Author(s):  
Shahin Sabir Mammadrzali
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
The Internet ◽  
State Control ◽  
Entertainment Education ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child

The article is dedicated to the harm of cyberspace over children's digital rights in the Internet and introduces conclusions for better defeating digital violations. Digital violations against child rights exist in various forms. Although violation of children's digital rights is the reality of current life, still there is no unified and well-developed system of solutions to restrict freedom in cyberpace. Cyberspace opens new borders for entertainment, education, cultural and moral development of children. Yet, possible difficulties arise when it comes to suitable child rights. Children's digital rights is significantly more complex and multifaceted. Few norms in international law can be found for the regulation of cyberspace and the digital rights of children in this new medium. The content and scope of digital rights of children have not been defined yet. Thus, systemic international and national cyberspace mechanisms relating to the rights of the child should be created on the basis of state control.

scholarly journals Family Support as a right of the child

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Dolan ◽  
Nevenca Zegarac ◽  
Jelena Arsic
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

This paper considers Family Support as a fundamental right of the child. It examines the relationship between the well-being of the child as the core concept of contemporary legal and welfare systems and family as a vital institution in society for the protection, development and ensuring the overall well-being of the child. Considering the fact that international legal standards recognise that children’s rights are best met in the family environment, the paper analyses what kind of support is being provided to families by the modern societies in the exercising of children’s rights and with what rhetoric and outcomes. Family Support is also considered as a specific, theoretically grounded and empirically tested practical approach to exercising and protecting the rights of the child. Finally, international legal standards are observed in the context of contemporary theory and practice of Family Support, while the conclusion provides the implications of such an approach.

Introduction

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Maclure
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Political Constraints ◽  
Rights Of The Child

Throughout much of Latin America the enactment of child rights legislation has proceeded slowly and intermittently despite early ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by all governments in the region. Efforts to enhance children’s rights have been hampered by a combination of economic and political constraints, and by conflicting views concerning appropriate policies and strategies of intervention. This special edition of the International Journal of Children’s Rights examines these issues, focusing on the difficulties, but also on the possibilities of enhancing children’s rights in Latin America.

Separating Families at the Border — Consequences for Children’s Health and Well-Being

2017 ◽  
Vol 376 (24) ◽  
pp. 2314-2315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. MacKenzie ◽  
Emily Bosk ◽  
Charles H. Zeanah
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Health And Well Being

Constitutional Protection of Children’s Rights: Visibility, Agency and Enforceability

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-434
Author(s):  
Conor O’Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
National Constitution

Abstract While almost every state in the world has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there is less consensus around the manner in which the rights protected by it should be protected in national constitutions. To say that a constitution makes provision for children’s rights is just a starting point: the extent to which a national constitution takes a genuine child rights approach will depend on the quality of the constitutional provisions in question. This article aims to provide a typology which can be used to assess whether the approach taken by any given constitution to the protection of children’s rights is in line with the child rights approach envisaged by the Convention by analysing individual constitutions along three separate spectrums. The Visibility spectrum measures how visible children are in a constitutional scheme; the Agency spectrum measures the extent to which children are considered to be independent, autonomous rights holders; and the Enforceability spectrum measures the extent to which children’s constitutional rights can be enforced.

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