Children's voices against violence

Jiniya Afroze

The Open University, UK

I am a full-time PhD research student at the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies of The Open University, UK. My research project, funded by the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET), aims to explore everyday experiences of children who are living in an Urdu-speaking Bihari camp in Bangladesh. This research is framed within the sociology of childhood and children's geographies, which consider children's views in constructing knowledge about their socio-spatial lives. This research adopts an ethnographic approach with the combination of participatory methods of data production, including participant observation, semi-structured interviews, group discussions and key informant interviews.Prior to starting my PhD, I have worked on child protection programs with Save the Children in Bangladesh. Earlier, I completed my MA in International Communications and Development from City, University of London, with a distinction. My MA dissertation looked at the representation of gender in natural disaster news during disasters in Bangladeshi newspapers.

Abstract

Objectives Significant research exists on violation of children’s right to protection. However, there is inadequate representations of children’s voices on their nuanced experiences of sociospatial vulnerabilities,... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Jiniya Afroze (The Open University, UK)

Topic Area

Voice of the Child

Session

Oral 20 » Session 2- Voice of the Child (14:15 - Tuesday, 3rd October, Africa Room)

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