Child poverty and child rights meet active citizenship
Children’s rights and active citizenship have been significant policy emphases and developmentsin recent years but the relationship between the two has not been actively explored in relation to the implications for child poverty. Recent policy developments in New Zealand and Swedenare drawn on here to explore this relationship. The article argues that an emphasis on active citizenship does not lead to improvement of rights for all children. Too many children are leftin poverty because active citizenship is focused on the lives of adults, not the needs and rights of children. Advancing children’s rights requires attention to the position of all children, not just those who live in households where the adults meet active citizenship requirements.
The full article by Mike O'Brien and Tapio Salonen can be read here: Child poverty and child rights meet active citizenship
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