Food insecurity and hunger, which are on the rise in affluent Western countries, may negatively affect children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive functioning. Although there is growing ...evidence of the high rate of food insecurity and hunger among Bedouin families and their children in Israel, little is known about how the children themselves experience the problem and how it impacts their life. The present study sought to explore and clarify children's experience of food insecurity. The research population included forty-two Israeli Bedouin impoverished children, aged nine to eleven. The analysis of children's drawing was chosen as the research instrument because it enabled psychological as well as phenomenological insight into the children's experience of food insecurity. This study, however, goes beyond the use of art to assess children's emotional state, because enabling the children to draw food insecurity gave them a strong and communicative public voice of their own. After the study had been completed, the drawings also proved useful in efforts to promote awareness about the personal, community, cultural and social dimensions of the problem and the need for community action and policy change to mitigate and eliminate it.
El trabajo infantil constituye una compleja problemática que vulnera los derechos fundamentales de la niñez y afecta el desarrollo psicofísico de niños y niñas. La Argentina ha adoptado la postura ...abolicionista, promoviendo su prevención y erradicación dentro de una política pública inclusiva, destinada a que todos los niños y las niñas puedan ejercer sus derechos. La Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría adhiere a esta postura y se propone, como línea de acción, la formación del equipo de salud y la difusión sobre los riesgos del trabajo infantil y las normas de seguridad del trabajo adolescente. Como pediatras debemos involucrarnos en la defensa de los derechos y capacitarnos para detectar cualquier situación de trabajo infantil, de modo de proteger la salud de los niños, niñas y adolescentes. La interacción conjunta con la familia, la comunidad y otros sectores de la sociedad fortalecerán la red necesaria que posibilite implementar las políticas de erradicación del trabajo infantil.
The foster care system is a resource for the whole community. It gives voice to the right of the child to grow in a family environment, when his or her natural family is temporarily not able to ...handle his or her best interest (art. 3, Convention on the Rights of the Child). Secondly, it activates relations, connects two worlds (natural and foster families), or even more than two, when it helps building bridges among foster families that support each other in their experiences, in order to face difficulties, and that can serve as a starting point for wider forms of solidarity among families. This article briefly describes some of the results of a qualitative research on foster care system, conducted in some cities in the Veneto (Italy) and based on in-depth interviews and focus groups. The research aims at analyzing crucial aspects of foster care system, namely specific problems related to the initial training and guidance for foster families.
The aim of this article is to carry out an in-depth analysis of Article 7, “Children with disabilities”, of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. First of all it is explained how ...the Article 7 is the result of two different models of human rights: the “renewed” protectionism in relation with the children’s rights and the social model in relation with the rights of persons with disabilities. After, it is explained how was the development of the creation of Article 7 within the Ad Hoc Committee which was created for the elaboration of the Convention. In an extensive section it is analysed the wording of Article 7, particularly taking account of the General Comments of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Finally, the analysis of the meaning and scope of Article 7 is completed, taking into account other articles of the Convention and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
Using a mainly qualitative approach, this paper analyses the presence, significance and efficacy of traditional mechanisms for the protection of children from conflicts and other adverse situations. ...Contemporary child protection debates seem to put emphasis on the western construction of childhood and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as instruments of child protection. Taking a traditional-modernistic approach this paper argues that in many cases African communities practised and developed very strong and elaborate mechanisms for the observance and preservation of the welfare of children. It examines some of the enduring socio-cultural practices among the Acholi tribe in northern Uganda and their implications for the rehabilitation, resettlement and reintegration of children affected by armed conflict in the region. Findings suggest that there is strong potential for utilising traditional systems and practices to address rehabilitation and reintegration dynamics among children and young people, but complementary initiatives also need to be implemented to enhance the efficacy and, in some cases, adaptability of these institutions.
Narratives of security form increasingly European countries’ policies, laws and strategies on (or against) migration. According to these narratives, being both inside and outside, migrants challenge ...the States’ internal and external securitizing action. Drawing attention to the historical development of the concept and political meaning of security and of the role of the State in guaranteeing security, this article surveys the effects in terms of rights violation of the securitization of migration, with particular consideration of the rights of the unaccompanied migrant children moving to Italy and Spain.
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