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Excerpt from The Media and Children's Rights
Children and Discrimination
*"Have you made sure the terms you have used about members of
minority groups or girls and young women are not
gratuitously insulting or perpetuate
stereotypes?"
*"Have you mentioned a child's race, ethnic origin, religion
or disability? Is it strictly relevant to the story?"
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Via Eldis
Full Report available through Eldis website link.
The media and children's rights |
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| Guidebook for journalists: representing children in the
media |
| Media Wise / United Nations (UN) Children's Fund
(UNICEF) , 2005 |
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This guidebook was written to assist media professionals and others to
consider how the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
might impact upon the way children are represented in and by the media.
Based on the practical experience of working journalists, it aims to
generate responsible coverage of children and the impact of adult
behaviour and decisions on their lives, as well as to encourage media
professionals to consider how best to protect the rights of children and
help children to play a role in the mass media.
The handbook outlines two milestones for children’s rights: the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and A World Fit for Children, the
declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2002. It contains
International Federation of Journalists guidelines and over 60 useful
international contacts for journalists seeking facts, figures, quotes and
advice about children’s rights.
Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- children with disabilities
- child labour
- children and armed conflict
- children's health and welfare
- the child's identity
- children's opinions and civil freedoms
- children and the media.
This is a revised version of the 1999 edition.
Available online at: http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20933
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