Toolkit for Including Children in Participation in Decision-making from Birth to 5 Years
How to listen to babies, toddlers and young children and involve them in decision-making on matters that affect them.
Author: Hub na nÓg, DCEDIY
ISSU Student Council Handbook – an A-Z on All Things Student Council
This document has been created to meet the needs of student councils at all levels – from those starting from scratch, to those who wish to just improve their functioning, and those who have a proven track record of affecting change in their school community Created by students, we hope this is a useful resource for your student council and helps you to further student voice in your school community. Further resources, including action plans on specific issues, “off-the-shelf campaigns and student resources are available on the ISSU website.
Pieces of Us – A Children’s Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
n the years since the last Children’s Report, children’s lives in Ireland have undoubtedly changed significantly. As with the rest of the world, the Covid 19 pandemic hit children in Ireland hard, and the full impact of public health restrictions on their education, health and mental health, family and other personal relationships is still largely unknown and emerging.
Office of the Ombudsman for Children – No Filter: A survey of children’s experiences of the Covid Pandemic, Feb 2022
No Filter – A survey of children’s experience of the Covid-19 pandemic was carried out by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) in conjunction with Amárach Research. No Filter was an online survey open to children between the ages of 9-17 years in Ireland. A small number of students aged 18 and over who are still in school also completed the survey.
Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children: Digital Technology, Play and Child Well-being (Phase 1 Report)
New research from UNICEF Innocenti and Western Sydney University explores the question: what does well-being mean to children in a digital age? This first-phase report prioritises the voices of children, collected through workshops with over 300 children from 13 countries along with analysis of existing survey data from 34,000 children aged 9-17 across 30 countries.
Children as Researchers: Wild Things and the Dialogic Imagination
Child-led research has arisen in response to changed perspectives on children’s rights and capabilities. However, questions remain about the implications of children participating in ways and for purposes designed by adults.
Engaging Girls with Disabilities Through Cellphilming: Reflections on Participatory Visual Research as a Means of Countering Violence in the Global South
Despite the fact that most countries have ratified the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, girls with disabilities experience multiple forms of violence and oppression.
Decolonising Concepts of Participation and Protection in Sensitive Research with Young People: Local Perspectives and Decolonial Strategies of Palestinian Research Advisors
Scholars in childhood research have been reconsidering whether the participation of children and young people in sensitive research is necessary. This paper questions whether some of these objections arise out of colonial attitudes towards childhood, young people, human rights, and research.
Making Waves: A Cross-study Analysis of Young People’s Participation Arenas in Scotland’s Schools
This research aimed to evaluate young children’s This article compares democratic participation research in Scottish schools over a 10-year period.
Children as Experiencers: Increasing Engagement, Participation and Inclusion for Young Children in the Museum
This research aimed to evaluate young children’s engagement, participation and inclusion within a city museum by utilising observations and semi structured interviews with children and families.