Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series School-related Economic Incentives in Latin America: Reducing drop-out and repetition and combating child labour AUTHOR(S) Ernesto Schiefelbein Published: 1997 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series This paper examines the barriers to educational achievement presented by child labour and the formal education systems of Latin America. Parents put pressure on children to work rather than study, and historically the formal education systems have had no safeguards to remedy the resulting knowledge gaps. Knowledge gaps lead to repeated failure in academic courses, which in turn prompts parents to view education as irrelevant. The paper examines the various economic-incentive programmes that have tried to break this vicious circle and identifies four strategies for educational improvement in the region: involving communities, increasing time available for learning, providing bilingual education to serve minorities and indigenous groups, and introducing computers. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 28 | Thematic area: Education | Tags: child labour, child workers, education, educational systems, right to education | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ernesto Schiefelbein 1997 School-related Economic Incentives in Latin America: Reducing drop-out and repetition and combating child labour. , pp. 28.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Exploring Alternative Approaches to Combating Child Labour: Case studies from developing countries AUTHOR(S) Jo Boyden; William Myers Published: 1995 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 56 | Thematic area: Child Work and Labour | Tags: case studies, child labour, child workers, developing countries, education, right to education | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Jo Boyden; William Myers 1995 Exploring Alternative Approaches to Combating Child Labour: Case studies from developing countries. , pp. 56.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series A Child Belongs to Everyone: Law, family and the construction of the best interests of the child in Zimbabwe AUTHOR(S) Alice Armstrong Published: 1995 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 40 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: best interests of the child, children's rights | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Alice Armstrong 1995 A Child Belongs to Everyone: Law, family and the construction of the best interests of the child in Zimbabwe. , pp. 40.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series The Relationship between Education and Child Work AUTHOR(S) Jo Boyden Published: 1994 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Millions of children throughout the developing world work. Not all child work should be cause for concern. Some work activities develop practical knowledge and skills and reinforce children's sense of self-esteem and unity with their families. It is children's work that is exploitative and dangerous ('child labour') that poses a major human rights and socio-economic challenge. Universal primary education may be the single most effective instrument for meeting this challenge, but because of research inadequacies and the multiplicity of factors involved, a neat causal relationship cannot be established. Drawing on case studies from different countries and exploring the many different ways child work and education are interconnected, this paper seeks to pinpoint concerns that need to be addressed in order to eliminate child labour. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 44 | Thematic area: Child Work and Labour | Tags: child workers, education, right to education | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Jo Boyden 1994 The Relationship between Education and Child Work. , pp. 44.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Resources and Child Rights: An economic perspective AUTHOR(S) David Parker Published: 1994 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series This paper first examines the use of human, economic and organizational resources in producing social outputs, in terms of the two main forms that resources take: 'stocks' and 'flows'. Based on this framework, several key measures are identified for increasing the availability of resources for the implementation of child rights, including changes in technologies and processes, and the expanded use of 'non-traditional' resources for children. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 32 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: children's rights, national budget, obligations of states parties | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION David Parker 1994 Resources and Child Rights: An economic perspective. , pp. 32.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Double Jeopardy: The children of ethnic minorities AUTHOR(S) Rodolfo Stavenhagen Published: 1994 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Though the relationships between ethnic minorities and dominant societies are multi-faceted and complex, the interrelated but distinct dimensions of marginalization and discrimination provide a useful framework for studying minority groups. Poor children the world over are vulnerable to abuses and violence, exploitation and human rights violations. When, in addition, they belong to disadvantaged minorities, their plight warrants special attention and requires special policies. The paper concludes by exploring several areas relating to minority children which call for further research, not only with the aim of developing the most effective policies for improving the situtation of minority children but also in order to contribute to the creation of a world in which cultural diversity can lead to more, rather than less, tolerance and to the equal enjoyment of human rights by all. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 32 | Thematic area: Minorities | Tags: children's rights, discrimination, minority children, minority groups, rights of minority children | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Rodolfo Stavenhagen 1994 Double Jeopardy: The children of ethnic minorities. , pp. 32.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series The Right to Child Health: The development of primary health services in Chile and Thailand AUTHOR(S) Claudio Sepùlveda Published: 1994 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Upon what criteria should the international human rights community base its assessment of how successful nations have been in meeting the obligations they signed up to at the CRC? Traditional methods of assessment have centred upon an analysis of comparative ‘social indicator’ statistics. This paper showcases an attempt at a more ad hoc approach in its analysis of the development of health care systems in Chile and Thailand. This ‘historical’ method - with its emphasis upon the unique experience of the individual country - reveals that despite adverse economic circumstances both countries have shown an impressive level of commitment to child rights. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 68 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: child health, children's rights, implementation of the crc, right to health and health services | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Claudio Sepùlveda 1994 The Right to Child Health: The development of primary health services in Chile and Thailand. , pp. 68.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Education and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: The challenge of implementation AUTHOR(S) Frank Dall Published: 1993 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 40 | Thematic area: Convention on the Rights of the Child, Rights of the Child | Tags: convention on the rights of the child, education, implementation of the crc, right to education | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Frank Dall 1993 Education and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: The challenge of implementation. , pp. 40.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Home-Based Community Day Care and Children's Rights: The Colombian case AUTHOR(S) Carlos Castillo Cardona; Nelson Ortiz Pinilla; Alejandra Gonzales Rossetti Published: 1993 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Over recent years demographic trends in Columbia (such as the increased participation of women in the workforce) have led to an increased demand for a viable day care system for 3-6 year olds. This has largely been met by an innovative programme set up by the Colombian Family Welfare Institute. The idea at the basis of their initiative is simple yet effective: mothers are given the training and support to enable them to offer day care within their homes to the children of other families from their own communities. This paper describes in detail the design and implementation of this programme. It is hoped international organisations and other countries will draw inspiration from this Colombian success story. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 50 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: child care, children's rights, day care centres, right to appropriate standards of care, working mothers | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Carlos Castillo Cardona; Nelson Ortiz Pinilla; Alejandra Gonzales Rossetti 1993 Home-Based Community Day Care and Children's Rights: The Colombian case. , pp. 50.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Nutrition and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child AUTHOR(S) Urban Jonsson Published: 1993 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Nutrition is mentioned specifically only three times in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, through its emphasis upon food, health, and care, the Convention makes it clear that good nutrition should be regarded as a fundamental human right. This study reviews the progress that governments have made in implementing this aspect of the Convention, providing ‘status reports’ on the inclusion of nutrition goals in individual ‘National Programmes of Action’. The paper includes a background overview of the development of human nutrition as a science, together with a survey of current trends in thinking on the subject. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 44 | Thematic area: Rights of the Child | Tags: child nutrition, children's rights, implementation of the crc, nutrition, right to food | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Urban Jonsson 1993 Nutrition and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. , pp. 44.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Los hogares comunitarios de bienestar y los derechos del niño: el caso Colombiano AUTHOR(S) Nelson Ortiz Pinilla; Carlos Castillo Cardona; Alejandra Gonzales Rossetti Published: 1993 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 50 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: child care, children's rights, community centres, day care centres, right to appropriate standards of care, working mothers | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Nelson Ortiz Pinilla; Carlos Castillo Cardona; Alejandra Gonzales Rossetti 1993 Los hogares comunitarios de bienestar y los derechos del niño: el caso Colombiano. , pp. 50.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Resource mobilization and the obligations of the States Parties AUTHOR(S) James R. Himes Published: 1992 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Child Rights Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 44 | Thematic area: Convention on the Rights of the Child | Tags: children's rights, convention on the rights of the child, implementation of the crc, obligations of states parties | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION James R. Himes 1992 Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Resource mobilization and the obligations of the States Parties. , pp. 44.
