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CHILDREN'S
AND ADOLESCENTS' PARTICIPATION AND
PROTECTION
FROM SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION
Author(s): Feinstein, Clare ;
O'Kane, Clare
Date of Publication: 2009
This
paper presents an overview of government commitments to strengthen
participation by children and adolescents to protect them from sexual abuse and
exploitation. It also considers concrete recommendations for strengthening
young people’s involvement in their own protection, based on their
recommendations about what is needed to realize the Stockholm Declaration and
Agenda for Action. Other useful inputs include case studies that offer new
perspectives on children’s and adolescents’ participation to combat sexual
exploitation and abuse.
The paper
provides recommendations for further research, policy development and
programming intended to support advocacy and practice developments with and by
children and adolescents. These are aimed at furthering achievement of their
protection and participation rights during and after World Congress III. The
paper calls for governments, UN agencies and NGOs to promote children’s civil
rights and recognize their agency and the diversity of childhood experiences.
It
highlights the importance of strengthening child protection systems, developing
and strengthening child-led groups and networks, and creating processes and
mechanisms for children to access information, express their views, participate
in practice and policy matters concerning them and gain feedback.
It
further highlights the need for better implementation of international
standards that recognize and promote children’s participation and encourage
special efforts to address discrimination and involve the most marginalized
girls and boys.
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