Child Rights

Equalizing Schools for All

Posted on by Dr. Jayne Pivik
For children and youth, school is their ‘world’ for at least six hours a day, five days a week. Imagine then, if that world was full of obstacles that stopped you from moving around, being part of groups, having fun or learning new things. For many children with disabilities, this is a daily reality. In a study conducted in Ottawa, Canada, children with disabilities shared with...
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Children’s Rights

Posted on by Dr. Jayne Pivik
A Future in Jeopardy. The year is 1989…thirty years after the United Nation's 'Declaration of the Rights of the Child' and ten years after the 'International Year of the Child'. According to UNICEF's State of the World's Children, 1989: Every year, fifteen and a half million children are dying before the age of 5 (14 million children from common illness and malnutrition)....
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Practical Child Friendly Strategies for Communities

Posted on by Dr. Jayne Pivik
A pattern is emerging when it comes to children's health and wellbeing: 1) the world agrees on principles for promoting child health and well-being, stressing the importance of including children's voices in community planning and service delivery; 2) children and youth have a unique and valuable perspective to add to the discussions; 3) researchers are finding that how we desi...
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