The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child: A Feminist Landmark

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,1 adopted by the General Assembly on November 20, 1989, is a ground-breaking human rights treaty for many reasons. It had the largest number of signatories on the day that it was opened for signature.2 It went into force more quickly than any other human rights treaty;3 it reached near-universal ratification by mid-1996;4 and it protects the entire range of human rights: civilpolitical, economic-social-cultural, and humanitarian.5 In addition, the Convention\u27s monitoring mechanism gives unique powers to its monitoring body, the Committee on the Rights of the Child.6 Unfortunately, these achievements have tended to overshadow one of the Convention\u27s most remarkable characteristics: its protection of the girl child. The purpose of this article is to describe, examine, analyze, and evaluate the Convention on the Rights of the Child from the standpoint of its relationship to other international human-rights treaties and its impact on the global situation and status of girls and young women. The discussion will include a survey of the international human rights principle of non-discrimination, and an examination of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and its relevance to the girl child. The article will further provide an overview of the current world situation of girls; an analysis of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its implementation, including nontreaty based efforts to eliminate prejudice against girls; and an exploration of existing tensions between women\u27s rights and children\u27s rights. It is the author\u27s position that the Convention on the Rights of the Child should be recognized as an important feminist landmark

An Introduction To The Developing Jurisprudence Of The Rights Of The Child

The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1989.\u27 At the time of the International Law Association\u27s 1996 International Law Weekend, 187 countries had ratified the Convention

A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF NATIVE VILLAGE PASTORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE ALASKA SCHOOL OF MINISTRY

The Alaska School of Ministry (AKSOM) was established to provide ministerial education venues in Alaska. This phenomenological study queried pastors who provide ministry in Alaska Native villages to examine their perceptions of AKSOM and perceived effects of the program on their ministries and villages. Fifteen participants, including students and AKSOM leaders from various ethnicities, were interviewed. Transcripts were analyzed to discover common themes. Five themes were noted, which included relationship (fellowship, local, approachable), flexibility, empowerment (support, confidence), practicality, and financial feasibility. All leaders and students perceived the program as a valuable and effective education tool in preparation for ministry in Alaska

Leveraging the Power of Shared Governance

Shared governance (SG) creates an evidence-based framework to support decision making in healthcare organizations by encouraging nursing staff ownership of nursing practice issues. This project assessed the current state of shared governance at a community hospital through: (a) deployment of Hess\u27s Index of Professional Nursing Governance (IPNG) and the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) nursing satisfaction surveys which were open to nurses working in areas included in the SG framework at the project site, and (b) retrospective review of Unit Practice Council (UPC) and Nursing Senate (NS) minutes and agendas. Kotter\u27s theory of change and the logic model informed interventions aimed at creating an effective SG. IPNG data were analyzed using Hess\u27 scoring guidelines to establish total governance and subscale scores. Mean IPNG scores of nurse leaders, clinical nurse managers, and staff nurses were compared using a 1-way ANOVA based on job title, education, employment status, and shift. NDNQI results were analyzed based on benchmarked Magnet objectives and comparison to previous year\u27s surveys. Meeting agendas and minutes were analyzed for attendance and initiation of interventions. Outcomes of this project included successful creation of a UPC on a medical telemetry unit; alignment of meeting times to promote attendance; paid access to remote meeting attendance; standardization of meeting minutes and agendas; and unit-specific, outcomes-data dashboards. Implementation of this model to improve the effectiveness of SG can lead to positive social change through improvement in the decision-making process in the nation\u27s healthcare institutions. Inclusion of all members of the healthcare team in the decisions that impact practice helps ensure comprehensive, evidence-based, and patient-centric care

Breathing Life into the Ashes: Resilience, Arts and Social Transformation - PWIAS Inaugural Roundtable Final Report

This report summarizes the themes, components, results and projected impacts of the first PWIAS (Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies) international roundtable held in October 2012. The roundtable brought together 20 artists, scholars, and conflict transformation practitioners from around the world to: explore and deepen understandings and experiences of individual and collective resilience; develop an infrastructure to strengthen the resilience and the legitimacy of the Social Transformation via Arts (“STA”) field; and advance understandings of assessment and evaluation in STA. In the report, the authors include a discussion of advance goals and planning, roundtable experiences, and ongoing effects of the roundtable based on the original application, feedback, experiences, and reports from participants. They also highlight ongoing related scholarly activities and research initiatives. Throughout the report, the authors refer to PWIAS roundtable objectives and how these relate to their achievements and their impact both among participants and with wider audiences