Children’s Rights in a 3rd Sector Context #ForEveryChild Ceri Hunter
Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights – Programme Manager Session aims: • To increase awareness and understanding of the Child Rights and Participation Team within Scottish Government • To increase knowledge and understanding of Children’s Rights and • To understand how the Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment could be applied within 3 rd Sector Organisations Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights – Programme Manager • Working co-productively with children, young people and stakeholders to develop a 3 year children’s rights awareness raising campaign • Advice on Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) • Delivering on the Ministerial duty to promote public awareness and understanding of the rights of children under Part 1 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Icebreaker Introduce yourself to the table • Name, role and organisation • What brought you here today • ‘How does your organisation promote children’s rights?’ Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Children’s Rights and Participation Team • Children’s Rights and Reporting • Inclusion and participation of disabled children and young people in national policy’ • Sponsorship of national children and young people information and participation organisations’ • Participation of children and young people in policy making’ • Children’s Rights – awareness raising and child rights and wellbeing impact assessments Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Cabinet meeting with Children and Young People FMQT Next Generation Young People’s Disabled Forum Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Annual • Enables children and young people Cabinet to lead discussions and to inform meeting with the government’s agenda over the Children and coming year. Young • Children and young people are represented by members from the People Children’s Parliament and Scottish Youth Parliament • The Cabinet meeting is now firmly an annual event, proving to be a real opportunity to engage with government at the highest level Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
• First ever FMQT for young FMQT Next • People took place in September Generation 2018 • Provided a platform for young people to have their views heard and acted upon • Attended by over 100 young people and watched by over 80,000 people • Second event was held on Tuesday 23rd April • The event can be viewed in broadcast on the YouthLink Scotland Facebook page and the Children in Scotland Youtube #FMQTNextGeneration channel Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
• Some emergent themes Young included; employment, People’s education, transitions and accessibility. Disabled • Satellite forums from other Forum locations, such as Dumfries and • Inverness are held in conjunction with the main forum, to ensure the forum is as geographically diverse as possible. • Launched Supporting Disabled Children, Young People and their Families at end of April 2019 Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
SG Report and Action Plan Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Incorporation We will incorporate the principles of the UNCRC into Scots law. • Consultation now live • Open from 22 nd May to 14 th August 2019 • Engagement Events will take place with children, young people and stakeholders during this time • https://consult.gov.scot/children- and-families/uncrc/ Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Impact Assessment We will evaluate the Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) process and further support and promote its use. • An independent consultant will be commissioned to evaluate policy/legislation, which has an accompanying CRWIA, to determine the impact on children and young people. Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PARTICIPATION We will develop a strategic approach to children and young people’s participation, as part of the YoYP legacy. Our aim is to mainstream the participation of children and young people in decision-making across Scottish society. • Working in partnership with our stakeholders, and importantly with children and young people to develop 4 Theme groups Research – Already started Access/Digital Resources Strategic Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Raising Awareness We will develop and deliver through co-production, an ambitious programme to raise awareness and understanding of children's rights across all sectors of society in Scotland. • Resource mapping survey currently open • 5 #Rightscafe Events held in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee and Inverness • Co-production contract in development with the following requirements: 50% of Ch & YP from Seldom Heard Groups 50% have not participated in a national development programme before Age range 3 – 18yrs Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Raising Awareness Education Scotland: Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
30 th Anniversary of the UNCRC • #ForEveryChild • 20 th November – World Children’s Day • More under-18s claim their rights and are empowered to make change • More 18+ citizens advocate for child rights • UN Member States make a fresh global pledge to children to fully implement the CRC • Regional bodies, national and local governments make fresh commitments to realise the CRC, through concrete policy action & investments in children • More civil society & private sector partners recognise their capacity to influence child rights through partnerships and core practices Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Activity • 4Ps and Wellbeing Indicators • Group Discussion Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Networking Opportunity • Children’s Rights Quiz • Discussion points flipcharts • Pre-course postcards Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
How many UNCRC articles are there? The UNCRC has 54 o 52 different clauses called ‘articles’. The articles are o 54 wide-ranging and cover a number of areas including o 45 health, education, leisure and play, social security, o 12 child labour, children in care and juvenile justice. Question 1 of 10 Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Which two of the following are reasons that children have their own set of rights? o They are more vulnerable than adults Children have their of set of rights because they are o They do not have more vulnerable than human rights adults and they have special developmental o They have special needs. developmental needs Question 2 of 10 Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Which of the following is NOT an underpinning article of the UNCRC? The right to education is o Right to education NOT an underpinning principle of the UNCRC. o Best interests of the child The UNCRC underpinning principles include best o Non-discrimination interests of the child and non-discrimination Question 3 of 10 Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Which of the following values are human rights based on? Treating everyone with: o Fairness Human rights are based on o Equality shared values of treating o Indebtedness everyone with dignity, o Status fairness, equality, respect o Respect ad independence o Dignity o Independence o Right to education Question 4 of 10 Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
Human rights are grouped into what two main categories? Human rights are o Power and control rights grouped into two main o Civil and political rights categories: o Health, safety and shelter • Civil and political rights rights o Expression, belief and • Economic, social inclusion rights and cultural rights o Economic, social and The other rights cultural rights mentioned may either o Ownership and property fall into these two rights categories or have no place in human rights. Question 5 of 10 Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
At what age do children’s rights cease according to the UNCRC? o 15 The UNCRC is an international treaty – an o 21 agreement between countries – setting out o 12 the rights and principles relation to children up o 16 to the age of 18. o 18 Question 6 of 10 Ceri Hunter – Raising Awareness of Children’s Rights - Programme Manager
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