Active particiation of university students in defending rights of children

Selda Bülbül,Ayşegül Alpcan

doi:10.21601/ortadogutipdergisi.405780

Abstract

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most powerful tool availableto improve thewell-being of children. Civil, economic, social, cultural, and political rights of children all of which covered survival, development, protection, and participation were included in the convention. Though, participation has been the most radical element of the CRC, still children are not regarded as autonomous individuals fully entitled to enjoy their rights. Therefore, proffesionals started to give more interest on participation rights of children. In this article we represented an example of a structural component of participation approaches in a Turkish University which aimed including the youth into social work in the field of childens’ right. The main goal of the given project was to create awareness on Children’s rights among university students and to create adults globally advocating for human rights and the rights of children.

Highlights

At present, the social, economic, and political environments that children live in and develop are being recognized as the most important actual determinants of child health
The convention included civil, economic, social, cultural, and political rights of children all of which covered survival, development, protection, and participation. It builds the eventual responsibility of all governments, institutions, and the family to maintain that these rights are respected and all their actions dealing with children are performed in children’s best interests [3]
Nowadays participation is a popular item and it has been postulated by some authors that, health promotion programmes should aim to improve working relationships with young people [4]

Summary

Introduction

The social, economic, and political environments that children live in and develop are being recognized as the most important actual determinants of child health. The convention included civil, economic, social, cultural, and political rights of children all of which covered survival, development, protection, and participation. It builds the eventual responsibility of all governments, institutions, and the family to maintain that these rights are respected and all their actions dealing with children are performed in children’s best interests [3]. Professional care takers are schooled and trained towards a protective attitude and in ‘knowing what’s best’ for the youngsters For those who work with children in the health service and/or in justice system, there is no escaping the fact that the responsibility of ensuring the rights of children as established in the convention rests with us [2,4,6]

Current Situation in Turkey

Strategies of the Project