UNICEF: Child participation event at UNICEF House

NEW YORK, USA, 16 October 2009 Six young people stood before an overflowing room of people at UNICEF House to present their views on child participation. Getting adults to listen is their biggest challenge, they said, but these well-spoken activists both inspired and educated their audience and left everyone thinking about new ways to involve children in matters that affect them.

We are here representing ourselves and our own opinions, said Marita Haug, 18, from Plan Norways Childrens Advisory Board. Child participation is when children are given the opportunity to participate in their communities and express their rights.

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman opened the event, which was a joint effort by Plan International, Save the Children, War Child Holland and UNICEF, along with the Permanent Missions to the UN of Sweden, Uruguay, the Czech Republic, Belize and Jordan. The aim was to advance the understanding of childrens participation and support further dialog related to one of the key principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

To read more, visit http://www.unicef.org/policyanalysis/index_51453.html

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www.unicef.org/rightsite

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[rrrgovernment01]

this is good and people should be paying attention to this stuff.