Exploring conceptualizations & practices of children’s rights internationally

The International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP) brings together researchers, partner organizations, and young people from the Global South and the Global North to work together intergenerationally to promote dialogue and knowledge about children’s rights. We will discuss different perspectives about children’s rights to participation and protection that are context-specific and address opportunities and gaps based on our experiences, bringing out a decolonial perspective to our reflections and experiences as part of our current work together.

Speakers

Irene Rizzini | Professor, PUC-Rio University & founding director, International Center for Research and Policy on Children (CIESPI), Brazil

Professor Rizzini serves on the board of several organizations at a national and international level. She has published extensively on topics related to human rights and public policies, focusing on children and young people in their family and community contexts. She has conducted studies on children on a variety of topics within childhood studies and children´s rights, including children and youth in institutions; living and working on the streets; young people´s activism and their right to participation. https://www.ciespi.org.br

Tara Collins | Professor of Child and Youth Care, Toronto Metropolitan University & Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town

Tara M. Collins is Program Faculty with TMU’s graduate programs on Immigration and Settlement Studies, Early Childhood Studies, and Policy Studies PhD. She has been an Honorary Associate Professor, Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa. She has a Ph.D. from the University of London and her professional experience includes: universities in Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Ireland; the Canadian federal government, Parliament, and a national non-governmental organization. Research interests include children’s rights, child and youth participation, and child protection. She is the Project Director for the International & Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP).