Children’s Rights and International Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Kathryn Campbell, Myriam Denov, Richard Maclure, Inbal Solomon

      Pages 1-14

3. Children and Institutional Care

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Home Truths: Children’s Rights in Institutional Care in Sri Lanka

      • Dharshini Seneviratne, Fahmida Mariam

      Pages 17-39

   3. Juvenile Justice in São Paulo, Brazil: Violence and Denied Opportunities

      • John D. McLennan, Fatima D. Rigato, Isabel A. S. Bordin

      Pages 41-63

   4. Children in Institutional and Alternative Care in Viet Nam: A Review of Current Policy and Practice

      • Julie Bergeron, Sakiko Tanaka

      Pages 65-83

4. Child Labor, Violence, and Exploitation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Child Laborers in the Bolivian Mining Sector: Exploring Children’s Experiences and Perspectives

      • Juan Albarracin-Jordan, Thérèse Bouchard

      Pages 87-107

   3. Breaking the Silence: The Voices of Girls Forcibly Involved in Armed Conflict in Angola

      • Vivi Stavrou

      Pages 109-128

   4. Addressing Youth Violence and Aggression in Colombia: Examining a Community-Wide Prevention Initiative

      • Luis F. Duque, Michael Ungar, Beatriz Caicedo

      Pages 129-151

5. Child Rights, Education, and Participation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. The Dynamics of Youth Participation: Insights from Research Fieldwork with Female Youth in Senegal

      • Richard Maclure

      Pages 155-173

   3. From Education to Equality? Bolivian Adolescent Males’ Understanding of Gender Equality in the Wake of Sensitivity Workshops

      • Christine Gervais

      Pages 175-192

6. Community-Based Approaches to Child Rights and Protection

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. The Wayo Program in Northern Uganda: Building on Traditional Assets in Supporting Acholi Young Women and Girls in the Context of War and HIV

      • Sheetal Patel, Patricia Spittal, Herbert Muyinda, Geoffrey Oyat, Nelson K. Sewankambo

      Pages 195-219

   3. Rethinking the Orphan Crisis: Community-Based Responses to Orphan Care in Malawi

      • Liam Riley, Esther Lupafya

      Pages 221-239

   4. The Fluctuations of Child Worker Support: A Study of Female Domestic Workers in Senegal

      • Daniel Lavan, Richard Maclure

      Pages 241-267

   5. Circles of Care: Community-Based Child Protection in South Africa

      • Philip Cook, Lesley du Toit

      Pages 269-292

7. Back Matter

   Pages 293-308

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A timely examination of the plight of children and youths in developing nations. The chapters strike a balance between diagnostic analysis of the conditions of risk, with prescriptive ideas for approaching and intervening with marginalized children.

• care
• children
• community
• education
• gender
• girls
• Institution
• Nation
• participation
• violence
• youth

Children's Rights and International Development sets the bar high for collaborative research on young people's rights. This well-written book offers powerful insights into the dynamics of children's welfare and rights across the world. Children's Rights and International Development is a valuable addition to accounts of how human rights can produce significant changes for vulnerable groups. Brian K. Gran, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University

MYRIAM DENOV Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University, Canada. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Commonwealth Scholar. She is the author of Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (Cambridge University Press).

RICHARD MACLURE Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and has published widely on issues pertaining to international education and the circumstances of youth in developing countries.

KATHRYN CAMPBELL Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She conducts research and teaches in the field of social justice.

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