Workshop 2: Children’s Rights

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Look at the pictures and write underneath the right each of them represents.

Pictures’ Source: Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Cyprus – Illustrator: Lida Varvarousi. The images were retrieved from the Commissioner’s for Children’s Rights website. They can be used only under the terms and conditions referred at the website.

Choose one category from those provided below that suits the picture shown.

Choose one category from those provided below that suits the picture shown.

Choose one category from those provided below that suits the picture shown.

Choose one category from those provided below that suits the picture shown.

Choose one category from those provided below that suits the picture shown.

Choose one category from those provided below that suits the picture shown.

Choose one category from those provided below that suits the picture shown.

List 5 reasons, why should it be a concern to us if children’s rights are still violated in certain countries?

1.Imagine a child has been just born. List the characteristics or qualities (personality traits) that you would like this newborn child to have.

2. Write the elements (opportunities/ provisions) you think that the newborn child needs in order to develop and reach its full potential in adulthood (‘essential elements’).

3. Based on scenario A, list the characteristics or qualities that you believe this particular child will possess in adulthood according to the given scenario.

Scenario A

In-country A, there is a dictatorship imposed by the military for the last 15 years, since the birth of the child. The dictators’ group (junta) is very conservative and they try to control every aspect of people’s lives. The use of force, the suppression of individuals and the mass spread of propaganda are common practices within this country.

4. Note the ‘essential elements’ that you previously identified that have affected this child while becoming an adult.

5. Based on scenario B, list the characteristics or qualities that you believe this particular child will possess in adulthood according to the given scenario.

Scenario B

A girl was born in a country where women are not equal members in society.  Women in this country are not allowed to be educated, they get married in an early age and they belong to their husbands. The girl is now 15 years old.

8. Search the internet to find the following information:

• how many people live under war or conflicts nowadays?
• how many reported incidents of domestic violence exist in the world?
• what is the percentage of the population in the world that lives below the poverty level?
• how many and which countries have dictatorships now?
• Are there any domains in which women may face discrimination?

6. Note the ‘essential elements’ that you previously identified that have affected this child while becoming an adult.

Obstacles that Have Adverse Effects on Children’s Quality of Life

Question: Based on General Comment No17 and after reading WHO’s definition (WHOQOL Group, 1995) below for quality of life, identify various obstacles opposed by the societal systems which have adverse effects on children’s quality of life.

“An individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. It is a broad ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships and their relationship to salient features of their environment”.

Time for Reflection

What is it that you experienced or learnt from this unit?

Which keywords, quotes or exercises do you remember?