Children’s clubs have emerged as an important new kind of institution in Nepal over the past decade. They appear to be both an expression of, and a promise for the advancement of democracy and children’s rights. This report describes the development and current state of functioning of those clubs that have been supported by Save the Children Norway […]
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Key Thinkers in Childhood Studies presents the contrasting perspectives of some of the leading figures involved in shaping the field of childhood studies over the last thirty years. Drawing on in-depth interviews with twenty-two high profile pioneers in the subject—who together represent a range of disciplines and regions—Carmel Smith and Sheila Greene share a wealth […]
The East New York Farms! (ENY Farms!) project is a community development venture in Brooklyn, New York. Besides providing the community with fresh affordable produce, encouraging local economic development, and preserving safe public spaces, the project also engages local youth in community development. Semi-structured interviews with 18 of the 25 youth interns at ENY Farms! […]
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Development Focus
Development Focus is an organisation led by Dr Robert Nurick and Dr Vicky Johnson working on international issues of social justice, public participation, and children and young people’s rights. Development Focus works in the UK and internationally on: Training in public participation and community engagement Facilitating participatory monitoring and evaluation and action planning Promoting children […]
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Roger Hart is completing a longitudinal study on the changing nature of children’s out-of-school lives in a New England town. The study involves a revisiting of the town that he studied for his PhD dissertation in geography in the1970s. The results of the research will be published in a book and a film for television […]
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Child Friendly Mumbai
From 2013-2014, the TATA Institute of Social Sciences is collaborating with the Children’s Environments Research Group of the City University of New York to implement child friendly community assessment and planning initiatives in Mumbai as part of its M-Ward Initiative, with support from the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The primary goal of the project is […]
The overall goal of the Child Friendly Cities and Communities (CFC) Assessment and Monitoring Project is to find ways to support communities and municipal governments to improve the living conditions of children through the development of new participatory methods for collecting data with children of all ages. This project is designed to raise the quality of planning […]
