This book provides a conceptual framework for children's rights as well as specific strategies and opportunities for social workers to apply in their work. It guides social work professionals and students through the history of children's rights. It also includes a call for a paradigm shift from a focus on the right to nurturance to the right to self-determination, as well as a contrasting look at children's rights in the West versus the rest of the world.
Explains the history of children's rights and its connection with social work Discusses the theoretical and ethical basis of social work and children's rights Presents an international perspective on children's rights Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Hanita Kosher
Marginal Groups in Society Promotion of Human Rights Promotion of Social Justice Status of Children in Society Children's rights UN Convention on the Rights of the Child