Participation and Citizenship

Childwatch Projects

• Children's Perceptions of Citizenship and Nation Building
• Children's Participation in Asia and the Pacific
• Monitoring and Evaluating Children's Participation Projects
• Children and the Law - a study of children's participation in post separation processes
• Children's Participation in Community Settings: A Research Symposium at the University of Oslo 26-28 June, 2000. Childwatch International in Collaboration with the MOST Programme of UNESCO.
• Based on the presentations and discussions of the Research Symposium organized by Childwatch International and the UNESCO MOST programme in Oslo in June 2000, the International Institute for Environment and Development published a special issue of the PLA Notes on children's participation. Participatory Learning and Action 42: Children's Participation - Evaluating Effectiveness
• Child Friendly Cities and Communities Research Project

Other Research Resources

• Special Issue of The Annals: The Child as Citizen
• Children and young people report to the UN on their rights. Annex to Norway´s fourth report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2008)
• Participation kit:TAKING PARTicipation seriously from the New Commission for Children & Young People, Australia
• Children Participating in Research - Repoa Brief. Research on Poverty Alleviation.
• List of research papers, reports and articles on Children and Participation from the British Library for Development Studies
   

 Research Institutions and Networks

• Children in a Changing Climate
• New Commission for Children and Young People, Australia
• NOVA - Norwegian Social Research Norway
• Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre (SJSC) University of Western Sydney Australia
• Children's Issues Centre, University of Otago New Zealand
• Myers-Joint-Brookdale Institute Israel
• Child Research Unit, Center for development in Primary Health Care/AlQuds University Palestine
• The International Center for Research and Policy on Childhood (CIESPI) Brazil
• Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University USA
• Centre for Children & Young People, Southern Cross University  Australia 

IGO and NGO resources

• Reflecting on Child and Youth Participation: A publication for programmers and policy makers in East and Southern Africa, RIATT-ESA 
• What's the Point? :Vote 16 in Norway - This  widely relevant study on lowering the voting age to 16 was published by the Ombudsman for Children in Norway who has been working to lower the voting age to 16 in municipal/ local elections for some time. Download publication on pdf file, now in English.
• International Journal of Children's Rights
• Plan International's Campaign for Universal Birth Registration
• Plan International's Campaign on Child participation
• Crin's desk on Child Participation on CRC reporting
• Children's and Young People's Participation Learning Network
• Documents submitted for the Day of General Discussion 15 September 2006: To Speak, Participate and Decide - The Child’s Right to be Heard
• Inter-Agency Working Group on Children’s Participation is a consortium of Bangkok-based organizations dedicated to promoting and implementing the meaningful and ethical participation of children in decisions made to further their rights and welfare

 

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