PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)
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Gerison Lansdown. (February 2001). Promoting children’s participation in democratic decision-making: Florence Italy, UNICEF Innocenti
ISBN: 88-85401-73-2

Examination of the meaning of article 12 (children’s right to participation) of the CRC. A research and guidelines handbook in three parts. 1. The importance of participation. 2. The practice of participation. 3. Involving children in conferences.
Contains concrete examples and check lists.

Article/general publication, paper (working)


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