Making the case for a broader definition of child participation:: evidence from the Niger Delta of Nigeria

Afua Twum-Danso Imoh

Making the case for a broader definition of child participation: evidence from the Niger Delta of Nigeria

School for Policy Studies

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Abstract

Children’s participation rights have been much researched and theorized since they became one of the fundamental tenets of the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Convention posits in Article 12 that children capable of expressing their views must be given space to do so in all matters that affect them. This demand enjoys signiﬁ cant support in principle. In practice, however, almost a quarter of a century after the Convention was approved and adopted by the UN General Assembly, children still face numerous obstacles in accessing their participation rights.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Children’s Lives in the Era of Children’s Rights:
Subtitle of host publication	The Progress of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Africa
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	13
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9780203594926
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2014

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Host publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203594926

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SPS Children and Families Research Centre

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Dr Afua O Twum-Danso Imoh
- afua.twum-dansobristol.acuk
- School for Policy Studies - Associate Professor in Global Childhoods and Welfare
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
- Bristol Poverty Institute
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Making the case for a broader definition of child participation: evidence from the Niger Delta of Nigeria

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