Right By Children: Children's Rights and Rights Based Approaches to Policy Making in Early Childhood Education & Care (original) (raw)
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This paper examines the integration of children's rights within the policy-making framework of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), particularly post the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Despite increased acknowledgment of children's rights since the Convention's inception in 1989, ongoing challenges remain in translating these rights into practice due to entrenched societal attitudes and insufficient policy implementation. The work advocates for a rights-based approach in ECEC to better respect and realize the entitlements of children, emphasizing the need for political will and effective policy measures.
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