Poverty Takes Away the Right to Childhood: Children’s Perceptions of Poverty in Four EU Member States
In this report, Eurochild presents the results of conversations with children from Malta, Bulgaria, Croatia and Estonia on child poverty.
Young Voices in Sport Toolkit
Toolkit for Involving Young Members in Decision-Making
Author: Sport Ireland
The Voice of the Child in Private Family Law Proceedings: A Comparative Review
This comparative review reports on the outcomes of a phase 1 of a research project being undertaken by the Child Law Clinic at University College Cork that will examine the effectiveness of arrangements for ascertaining the views of children in private family law proceedings in Ireland.
Children’s Participation in Child Welfare: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews
The objective of this research was to conduct a systematic review of systematic reviews related to Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as it relates to children and young people involved with child welfare agencies.
Refugee and Migrant Children’s Views of Integration and Belonging in School in Ireland – and the Role of Micro- and Meso-level Interactions
This article focuses on micro-and meso-level interactions and their importance to experiences of belonging and socio-educational integration for migrant children. It explores outcomes from qualitative research in Ireland conducted as part of a European research project investigating the socio-educational integration of refugee and migrant children in schools.
The Representation of Children’s Participation in Guidelines for Planning and Designing Public Playspaces: A Scoping Review with “Best Fit” Framework Synthesis
This review generated inclusive strategies in planning public playspaces, which could support local policymakers in this complex multi-layered process.
Report on the Consultations with Young People for the Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use
This report sets out the key findings and overall messages from a series of consultations with young people about the impact of drug use on their lives, their families and communities that took place during the period November 2022 – March 2023.
The Representation of Children’s Participation in Guidelines for Planning and Designing Public Playspaces: A Scoping Review with “Best Fit” Framework Synthesis
In this scoping review, we aim to analyze guidelines and identify strategies for supporting children’s participation rights when planning public playspaces.
Children’s Opportunities for Play in the Built Environment: A Scoping Review
Designing opportunities for play in the built environment is crucial to support children’s health and development. A growing research focus on child-friendly environments has evidenced a shift toward creating spaces and buildings that take children’s needs seriously and work with children as capable experts and active collaborators. Yet, limited attention has focused on how different scholars conceptualise and operationalise research on understanding and designing opportunities for play in the built environment. This paper reports on the findings of a scoping review of peer-reviewed empirical literature (51 publications) from 1994 to 2019.
The Relation Between Children’s Participation in Their Daily Life and Their Subjective Well-Being
Children’s well-being and children’s right to participation are important concepts for those striving to improve children’s lives. Recent years have brought growing conceptual recognition that children’s rights, particularly children’s right to participation, are part of their well-being. However, these two concepts have been addressed separately, especially in research, as they are seen as two different goals of children’s lives.