Protecting invisible children in England: how human rights education could improve school safeguarding

This article brings together two distinct but interrelated fields: human rights education (HRE) and safeguarding. It endeavours to show that the former can be beneficial for the efficacy of the latter. By extending an argument put forward recently that for HRE to be effective it must enable children to recognise and respond to lived human rights injustices, the article places this important issue within the existing framework and processes associated with safeguarding young people in formal education. It attempts to both elucidate and consolidate the connection between HRE and safeguarding, arguing that if HRE were to become an integral part of safeguarding training and delivery, children may be better equipped to recognise and speak up about violations of their human rights, rather than relying on a passive system of adult observation.

Invisible children? Non-recognition, humanitarian blindness and other forms of ignorance in Sabah, Malaysia

In the Malaysian state of Sabah, public antipathy towards the presence of large numbers of migrant workers influences a widespread ignorance of the educational and other exclusions of their children. Children of migrants are rendered invisible in Sabahan cultural discourse because they are not recognized as proper subjects, or even as ‘normal’ children. Cultural denial of such children’s circumstances can be seen in local newspaper reports that consider such children with reference to fears of ‘illegals’ and their threat to future Sabahan citizens. This discourse draws on a particular understanding of child deservingness, and utilizes what Cohen describes as ‘neutralization techniques’. However, such apparently wilful blindness can best be understood by considering it on a spectrum of different forms of ignorance and denial. This includes the blatant lack of recognition afforded by powerful individuals who should be more aware of the children of their workers, the humanitarian blindness of volunteer teachers who over-emphasize the saving power of education, and the complex and situational ignorance of children of migrants themselves. Appreciating other, potentially more benign or protective, forms of denial is crucial to understanding how ignorance of the complexity of the situation of children of migrants continues, even among those hoping to resolve it.

Invisible Children Uganda

Monitoring and evaluation systems rarely begin as right fits; instead, they evolve over time, often to meet the demands of internal learning, external accountability, and a given stage of program development. This case follows Invisible Children Uganda as it formalizes its monitoring and evaluation system in response to increased visibility, the demands of traditional donors, and an internal desire to understand impact. Readers will consider how Invisible Children’s first logical framework—a rough equivalent of a theory of change—lays the foundation for a right-fit monitoring and evaluation system. Readers will also analyze the broader challenges of commissioning high-quality impact evaluations and the importance of clearly defining them.

The invisible children Child protection in a DDR process in Colombia: a critical analysis

Este artículo pretende describir el preocupante fenómeno de la desmovilización de los niños soldado en Colombia dentro del marco del proceso DDR del grupo paramilitar AUC. El artículo abordará las siguientes cuestiones: 1. El nivel de protección de los niños desmovilizados y reintegrados del AUC en Colombia; 2. Los conceptos, borrosos a veces, en torno al proceso de DDR de los niños en la guerra; 3. Cómo el vacío conceptual en relación con tal fenómeno deriva en una falta de certidumbre en torno al quién, dónde y cómo desmovilizar a los niños.Publicación en línea: 11 diciembre 2017

Apropriação mercadológica do efeito viral na internet: um estudo sobre marketing viral a partir do Caso Kony 2012

O marketing viral tem sido entendido como poderosa ferramenta para promoção de marcas, produtos e serviços no ambiente digital. Estratégias de marketing viral buscam, a partir de um esforço inicial com custos relativamente baixos de distribuição, alcançar níveis altos de visibilidade de marca. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir em que medida é possível identificar um formato bem-sucedido de mensagem para ser utilizado em estratégias de marketing viral, tendo em vista o caráter aparentemente incontrolável do conteúdo viral na internet. Além disso, quais as principais motivações para o compartilhamento de conteúdo entre os usuários no ambiente digital. Nesse sentido, discute-se o conceito de marketing viral no contexto das estratégias de comunicação boca-a-boca, bem como sua aplicação em situações reais. Por fim, foi analisado o caso da campanha viral Kony 2012, no YouTube, da ONG Invisible Children, que obteve grande repercussão mundial no ano de 2012. Observa-se que o conteúdo e o formato da mensagem, bem como estratégias off-line combinadas, são fundamentais para estimular o compartilhamento de de-terminadas mensagens.