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This is a brochure presenting the main arguments for greater investments in children's civil rights and civic engagement, addressed to government decision makers, donors and development managers. See also: Children as Active Citizens - A policy and programme guide The 'Children as Active Citizens' publications define children's citizenship; show how to operationalise children's civil rights; explain links between children's citizenship and development goals; clarify links between children's civil rights and their rights to survival, protection and development; define responsibilities of government and adults; define measurable results for children's civil rights and active citizenship; and identify indicators for measuring children's civil rights and citizenship. Children as Active Citizens presents an agenda for the promotion of children’s civil rights and civic engagement, thus filling a gap in the operationalisation of children’s rights. This agenda can be taken forward by:
If you would like to receive hard copies of these documents, contact chongkolnee@unicef.org indicating the number of copies you would like to receive of each publication, and giving your mailing address.
pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/childactive.pdf