ChildLinks Children’s Participation Issue 2 2021
This issue of ChildLinks looks at children’s participation in decision-making and contains articles from DCEDIY and Hub na nÓg.
Children’s Participation in Decision Making From Child Welfare Workers’ Perspectives: A Systematic Review
This article explores child welfare workers’ experiences of children’s participation in decision-making in the child protection system
Children’s Research Digest: Children Should be Seen AND Heard
This article explores children’s rule-following behaviour, as part of an ongoing study underway in the Contextual Behavioural Science lab at UCD.
Participatory Planning Pedagogy – A Children’s Right to the City Initiative
The program and its underlying Participatory Planning Pedagogy (PPP) and curriculum follow a student-led and rights-based approach that builds upon global Child Friendly Cities scholarship.
On Barriers to Accessing Children’s Voices in School Based Research
There are significant challenges for researchers in accessing children’s voices about matters that pertain to them in school settings.
How’s Your Head – Young Voices during COVID-19
Children and Youth Affairs, working with the Department of Health and the youth sector, collaborated with SpunOut.ie to undertake an online survey of young people’s experiences of COVID-19
Children’s Capacities and Role in Matters of Great Significance for Them
An Analysis of the Norwegian County Boards’ Decision-making in Cases about Adoption from Care
The Right of Children to Participate in Public Decision-Making Processes
The right of children to participate in decision‑making in all matters that affect their lives is a well‑established legal principle and international research.
Children’s Rights Budgeting and Social Accountability: Children’s Views on its Purposes, Processes and Their Participation
The article identifies some of the barriers to including children in decision making on public spending.
Research Series Issue 45: Rural Youth Inclusion, Empowerment, and Participation
This study focuses on participation in decision-making processes and how rural youth could benefit from its findings in development projects