Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic- The Children’s Report

The Children’s Report, launched Wednesday 28th February is the first of many launches and resources to come from the Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic project.

You can read the full report here:

Building Children’s Futures – The Children’s Report FINAL

The Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic is funded by the EU Commission and is being led by the Children’s Rights Alliance in partnership with the Department of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth, Tusla, Ireland’s Child and Family Agency and Children and Young People’s Services Committees (CYPSC), Eurochild, UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre University of Galway, and Foróige.

Using Ireland as a case study, the project aim is to explore how a child rights-based approach, utilising Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs), can be embedded in decision-making in times of emergency. This project clearly articulates the needs of children and young people most disproportionately impacted by the pandemic so that best practice on child participation and on embedding rights are identified. Our vision is that research and resources produced as part of this project will result in officials and decision-makers at local, national and EU levels having a better understanding of how to consult with children and young people and develop solutions around their rights and needs.

Read The Children’s Report – Foreword here.

Read The Children’s Report – Executive Summary here.