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| Call for Submissions: "Perspectives on the Participation of Girls and Boys in South and Central Asia", Deadline for abstracts 15 May 2005 |
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Participatory action and research has offered a promising new framework for child rights advocates, development workers, researchers and policy makers who are committed to social justice and change. Participatory approaches with children and young people have demonstrated the multiple benefits of engaging the perspectives of girls and boys: challenging social exclusion, redistributing power and building the capacity of children to analyse and transform their own lives (including lives of communities) and to partner in the building of more democratic communities. But we have not given enough attention to systematically evaluating and critiquing our practice. This special issue of Children, Youth and Environments (CYE) will offer an international forum to review and advance the field, developing its potential through cross-cultural dialogue, self-reflexive critique, and critical synthesis.
For more information, contact: Claire O'Kane: claireokane2002@yahoo.co.uk , Ravi Karkara ravikarkara@savethechildren.org.np or ravikarkara@rediffmail.com /
Visit the website of Children's Environments at: http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye
The following is a list of some of the themes that could be addressed in contributions from South and Central Asia exploring critical perspectives
on children and young people's participation in community contexts:
- Enabling inclusive rather than exclusive processes for children's participation, where-by girls and boys of different ages and abilities are able to participate. (e.g. analysis and examples of processes which enable the participation of younger children, children with disabilities,promoting a life cycle approach to children's participation etc).
- Appreciating the diversity of childhood and exploring how local perceptions of childhood impact upon child participation practice.
-Addressing ethical issues, measures taken to ensure good practice in children and young people's participation.
- Included or excluded? Enabling the participation of the most marginalised children as active citizens in society.
- How can we systematically demonstrate the impact of children's participation and/or child led organisations at familial, community, sub-national or national levels? Critical reflections on processes, tools and examples.
- Promoting children and young people's participation in families; and exploring the interplay between children's participation in families and communities.
- Critical analysis of factors, which enable the development, and strengthening of child led organisations, initiatives, networks and partnerships.
- Critical analysis of factors, which enable sustainable partnerships between children and adults and institutionalise children's participation in governance.
- Special considerations and examples of promoting children's participation in situations of conflict or natural disasters (e.g. Tsunami Response) in the South Asia region
- Mainstreaming children's participation in programming and/or adult organisations / adult roles - what is required?
- What experiences exist in the region with the institutionalisation of child participation? What have been the effects of different institutional, governmental and legislative contexts at local and national levels for supporting children's participation?
The editors invite submissions of abstracts for papers which address one or more of the issues raised above. The Guest Editors are Claire O'Kane, Save the Children UK and Ravi Karkara, Save the Children Sweden, South Asia. They welcome submissions in different formats and of varying lengths. These may be visual as well as written, and may include articles, commentaries, thought pieces and field reports. The Editors would also strongly support submissions from, or in collaboration with, children and young people.
Cross-posted from: 29 March 2005 CRINMAIL 664
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