Children and Young People in Care's Collective Participation in Decision-making Structures

Rebecca Jackson

UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway

Rebecca Jackson is a fulltime Doctoral Researcher at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at NUI Galway. Rebecca is an experienced youth-worker, having worked across a wide variety of youth work contexts. This ranged from traditional youth work promoting healthy social and emotional development, target specific programme design and facilitation, and social support for marginalised youth experiencing challenges from a wide range of social demographic backgrounds. Rebecca’s background is in Community Development, which has led to her strong interest in the area of child and youth participation in public life. Rebecca holds a Diploma in Youth and Community, Bachelor of Arts in Political and Social Sciences and a Master’s degree in Community Development, all from NUI Galway.

Abstract

Objective:While Article 12 of the UNCRC and national legislation in Ireland upholds the right of children to have a say in matters affecting them,research has highlighted that children’s participation in child protection and... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Rebecca Jackson (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway)
  2. Bernadine Brady (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway)
  3. Cormac Forkan (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway)
  4. Danielle Kennan (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway)

Topic Area

Voice of the Child

Session

Oral13 » Session I-Voice of the Child (11:00 - Tuesday, 3rd October, Africa Room)

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