Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/childrens-rights-in-action/5023468/
This article is the third in a series of articles about children’s rights, authored by members of the World Forum Working Group on Children’s Rights. The first article, “A Beginning — Images of Rights: Children’s Perspectives Project” (Exchange, March/April 2016) introduced the Images of Rights Project, providing context and background and inviting readers’ participation. The second article, “Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Global Successes and Challenges” (Exchange, September/October 2016) discussed the history of children’s rights and the development of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), highlighting the ways in which several countries have interpreted this document. This article focuses on actions on behalf of children’s rights, including the World Forum Foundation’s Working Group on Children’s Rights, Images of Rights, and Voices of Children projects that are currently in process in preparation for the 2017 World Forum on Early Care and Education taking place in Auckland, New Zealand on May 9–12, 2017.
As written in the UNCRC, children have inherent rights as members of the human family. From the moment of birth, children, as curious and competent learners (Malaguzzi, 1993), are engaged in explorations of the physical and relational world and the ...