11 research outputs found
Unsettling Theology: Sunday school children reading the text of the Bible in the age of recolonisation
Children's involvement in care order decision-making: a cross-country analysis
This international comparative paper examines how child protection workers in four countries, England, Finland, Norway, USA (CA), involve children in decision making regarding involuntary child removal. The analysis is based on 772 workersâ responses to a vignette describing preparations for care order proceedings. We examine childrenâs involvement along three dimensions including information given to the child, information gathered from the child, and opportunities for their perspectives and interests to be considered. Results show that child protection workers weigh childrenâs involvement differently based upon age. Staff in the four countries were more likely to talk with an older child, to provide information, to gather information, and to include in relevant decision making if the child were 11 compared to five in our vignette. Although the Nordic countries and England provide policy guidance regarding childrenâs role in child protection decision making, we did not see consistently higher indicators of childrenâs involvement from the respondents in these countries. Using child protection system frames to analyse the findings did not produce consistent differences between the family service systems and child protection systems included in this study. Findings highlight the wide range in practices concerning childrenâs involvement in decision making, and the wide space for professional discretion in implementing practice with children at the local level
âFood is a Right ⊠Nobody Should Be Starving on Our Streetsâ: Perceptions of Food Bank Usage in a Mid-Sized City in Ontario, Canada
Addressing Human Rights Abuses against People Who Use Drugs: A Critical Role for Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures
Digital food marketing to children: Exploitation, surveillace and rights violations
Unhealthy food marketing has long been identified as a systems factor with negative health effects on children. The data-driven, personal data extraction and behavioural design practices of 21st century media advertising in digital technology systems mean that food marketing now sits at the intersection of multiple harms, infringing not only childrenâs rights to health and to food, but also their rights to privacy and to be free from exploitation. This further sharpens the need for State regulation to protect children and their rights effectively