Search for dissertations about: "the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

  2. 1. We are all the same, but... : Kenyan and Swedish school children's views on children's rights

    Author : Nina Thelander; Solveig Hägglund; Lynn Davies; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children´s rights; the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; education; participation; non-discrimination; universal; children and childhoods; cultural politics of childhood; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a study on how school children in Kenya and Sweden express their views on children’s rights, in particular rights related to participation, non-discrimination, and education. The overall purpose was to explore the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, its claim to be universal and its relevance for children in various school and life contexts. READ MORE

  4. 2. International organizations and children’s rights : Norm adoption, pressure tactics and state compliance

    Author : Johanna von Bahr; Jonas Tallberg; Lisa Dellmuth; Jean Grugel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international organizations; children’s rights; European Union; United Nations; norm adoption; pressure tactics; state compliance; development aid; foreign policy; non-governmental organizations; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the attention given by international organizations (IOs) to children’s rights has increased. This dissertation seeks to identify what this means for the global promotion of children’s rights, by addressing three interrelated questions: 1. READ MORE

  5. 3. Population-based empowerment practice in immigrant communities : a socio-medical study of Iranian families in Sweden

    Author : Alireza Moula; Robert Dingwall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Immigrants; Iranians in Sweden; intervention research; family change; parentadolescent relationships; power; communication; intimacy; the United Nations Child Convention; family pedagogy; social work; empowerment practice; educative radio lectures; telephone help-line; pragmatism; symbolic interactionism; social constructionism; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The significant social problems that confront Iranian families that have immigrated to Western countries have been described in the literature, in particular regarding the difficulties between parents and their adolescent children. However, the investigations that have been performed have not focused on how the situations of these families can be improved. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Child's Right to Participation – Reality or Rhetoric?

    Author : Rebecca Stern; Maja Eriksson; Anna Singer; Eva Brems; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International law; Folkrätt; Public International Law; Folkrätt;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the child’s right to participation in theory and practice within the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international human rights instruments.Article 12 of the Convention establishes the right of the child to express views and to have those views respected and properly taken into consideration. READ MORE

  7. 5. Swedish donor offspring and their legal right to information

    Author : Jane Stoll; Gustav Svensson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; donor offspring; right to know origins; Rättsvetenskap; Law; Private law;

    Abstract : All donor offspring conceived under the Swedish Genetic Integrity Act or the now-repealed Act on Insemination, from gametes donated after 1 March 1985, have the right to obtain identifying information about the donor when they are sufficiently mature. Despite this, studies undertaken in Sweden and abroad reveal that many donor offspring will never be able to exercise their right to information because their parents do not tell them how they were conceived. READ MORE