Children as Partners (CAP) is a place where young people and adults from around the world who support child participation can share what they think, what they know and helpful information. We invite you to sign up and participate!

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LATEST NEWS :






  • Double jeopardy for youth when involvement in the child welfare system impacts experiences in the juvenile justice system (USA)
    Child welfare system involvement may encourage delinquent behavior, and worsen abused and neglected children’s treatment in court

    ( New York, New York, November 18, 2004)—A new study released today by Children’s Rights shows that youth in foster care are at greater risk for delinquency and that child welfare and juvenile justice systems need to work more closely together to help youth involved in both systems. The study, titled Youth Involvement in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems: A Case of Double Jeopardy?, is the first systematic effort to examine the needs of this growing population of youth and assess the response of both systems to these needs.
        --Added: February 23rd 2005

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FEATURE PARTNERSHIP:

The Wayuu Women’s Network and University of Zulia Indigenous Children’s Education Project - Venezuela

    --Added: July 28th 2004
In 1985 the Wayuu Women’s Network established a partnership with the University of Zulia to address a growing concern over the acculturation of Wayuu children, loss of language, culture, and religion, and an ensuing breakdown of family and community protection of children.
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FEATURE PUBLICATION :

Universal Birth Registration - a Universal Responsibility

    --Added: April 4th 2005
Half a Billion Children Unregistered

A new fifty-page report, Universal Birth Registration - a Universal Responsibility, published by Plan, says that no records exist of the birth of six out of every ten babies born annually in South Asia.
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FEATURE RESEARCH:

Youth and Municipal Government in France

    --Added: December 18th 2004
This is a paper done as part of the Growing up in Cities (Canada) project and the Canadian government.
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FEATURE TOOL :

So You Want to Consult with Children? A Toolkit of Good Practice

    --Added: March 7th 2005
If you would like to involve children in discussions about issues that affect them but don’t know how to do it, then it is hoped that this toolkit will provide you with a lot of useful material for getting started.
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