Children’s rights from a social work perspective: Towards a lifeworld orientation

2015 ◽  
pp. 110-127
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights

Solo Athumani Solo

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Spitzer
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Work Practitioner ◽  
Vulnerable Population Groups

Solo Athumani Solo (1959–2004) was an influential social work practitioner and educator in Tanzania. His professional life was dedicated to the advocacy of children’s rights and the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable population groups.

Children's Rights, Family Rights

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-188
Author(s):  
Karen M. Staller
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Relationship

In this article I explore the intersections of children's human rights, social policy, and qualitative inquiry from a social work perspective. First, I consider the relationship between human rights work and social work. Second, I argue that children add complexity to the human rights debate. In doing so, I briefly examine the conflict between children's rights as developed in the United States and that of the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child. Third, I turn to a specific qualitative research project in which a team of researchers conducted an in-depth study of the prosecution of child sexual abuse in one U.S. jurisdiction. I argue that the findings from this study illustrate how qualitative inquiry can reveal conflicting and often hidden value trade-offs that must be addressed when enacting and enforcing children's human rights. This study demonstrates what qualitative inquiry has to offer policy advocates who seek to promote children's human rights.

Children's rights: a challenge for social work

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudi Roose ◽  
Maria De Bie
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Travail Social ◽  
Trabajo Social

English A children's rights approach to social work might have adverse consequences for children and parents when it ignores a view on rights as a lever for commitment and the question of how these rights can be realized in different contexts and with respect for the rights of other actors involved. French Une approche de travail social centrée sur les droits des enfants peut avoir des conséquences négatives auprès des enfants et des parents lorsqu'elle ne considère pas les droits comme un levier pour l'engagement et lorsqu'elle ne tient pas compte de la façon dont ces droits peuvent s'exercer dans différents contextes et en regard des droits des autres acteurs concernés. Spanish Abordar el trabajo social desde el punto de vista de los derechos de los niños puede tener consecuencias negativas para los niños y los padres cuando ignora una visión de derechos como palanca de dedicación y compromiso, y cuando ignora el cómo los derechos pueden realizarse en distintos contextos respetando los derechos de otros actores.

Asylum, children's rights and social work

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Cemlyn ◽  
Linda Briskman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights

Children's Rights and Social Work

1977 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Author(s):  
Marvin Silverman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights

Children’s rights education and social work: Contrasting models and understandings

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Reynaert ◽  
Maria Bouverne-De Bie ◽  
Stijn Vandevelde
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Implementation Strategy ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
United Nations Convention

Despite the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the interest in developing a theoretical grounding for children’s rights education seems to be rather limited. This article argues for a better understanding of children’s rights education as a distinctive practice in social work. Two different conceptions of children’s rights education are identified: as an implementation strategy and as social action. Their relevance to both social work theory and practice are examined.

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