Active particiation of university students in defending rights of children

Year 2018, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 537 - 541, 01.12.2018

Fatma Selda Bülbül Ayşegül Alpcan

https://doi.org/10.21601/ortadogutipdergisi.405780

Abstract

Convention on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most powerful tool availableto improve thewell-being
of children. Civil, economic, social, cultural, and political rights of
children all of which covered survival, development, protection, and
participation were included in the convention. Though, participation has been the most radical element of the
CRC, still children are not regarded as autonomous individuals fully entitled
to enjoy their rights. Therefore, proffesionals started to give more interest
on participation rights of children. In this article we represented an example
of a structural component of participation approaches in a Turkish
University which
aimed including the youth into social work in the field of childens’ right. The
main goal of the given project was to create awareness on Children’s rights
among university students and to create adults globally advocating for human
rights and the rights of children.

Keywords

Child, Convention on the Rights of Child, well-being of children

Çocukların haklarını savunmada üniversite öğrencilerinin aktif katılımı

Abstract

Çocuk Haklarına Dair
Sözleşme, çocukların refah durumunu iyileştirmek için mevcut en güçlü araçtır. Sözleşmeye
çocukların hayatta kalma, gelişme, koruma ve katılımı kapsayan sivil, ekonomik,
sosyal, kültürel ve politik hakları  dahil edildi. Her ne kadar katılım çocuk
hakları sözleşmesinin  en radikal unsuru
olsa da, hala çocukların haklarından yararlanma hakları olan özerk bireyler
olarak görülmemektedir. Bu nedenle profesyoneller, çocukların katılım hakları
konusunda daha fazla ilgi duymaya başladı. Bu yazıda, bir Türk Üniversitesinde
gençlerin sosyal çalışmalara katılmalarını sağlamayı amaçlayan yaklaşımların
yapısal bir bileşenini örnek olarak sunduk. Verilen projenin temel amacı,
üniversite öğrencilerinin Çocuk hakları konusunda farkındalığını oluşturmak ve
tüm dünyada insan haklarını ve çocukların haklarını savunan yetişkinler oluşturmaktı

Keywords

Çocuk, Çocuk Hakları Sözleşmesi, çocuk esenliği

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