Children's Rights - Introduction

Child's Rights - Introduction

KIDPROJ UNICEF-A ---------------- From W.J.Parks@durham.ac.uk Mon Dec 20 03:16:05 1993 ====================================================================== On 20th November 1989, the Convention on the Rights of the Child was passed unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly. The Convention consists of 54 Articles. WHAT ARE THESE ARTICLES? WHAT DO THEY MEAN FOR YOU AS A CHILD? HOW CAN THEY HELP YOU AS YOU GROW UP? WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP YOURSELF, YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD? HOW CAN YOU GET YOUR IDEAS AND VIEWS HEARD? Well now is your chance. LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHERS ARE AVAILABLE!! Co-ordinated by Bill Parks, a UNICEF Education Representative, in each lesson you will have the opportunity to learn and participate in discussions, dialogues, mini-projects and debates about YOUR rights as a child. Lesson topics include: an Introduction to the Convention, Children and Water, Food and Nutrition, Children and War, Street Kids, Health and Education, Children with Disabilities, Children and the Developing World, and many projects which could get your voice heard.