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Taking a Right Turn

Children Lead the Way in Research

Publisher: The Concerned for Working Children

Place of Publish: India, Bangalore

Year: 2006

Page Numbers: 76

Acc. No: 2771

Class No: 305.23 TAK

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Children

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

It is rare that children are allowed to be researchers and participate in research concerning them. If at all, they are involved as information providers or as data collectors. However, we often ignore the fundamental right that children have to seek, receive and impart information of all kinds. Instead children are taken for granted and adults make important decisions on their behalf. The project ‘Children’s Mobility and Access’ documented in this volume highlights an example in which children were enabled to undertake their own research and manage their own information. The project helped translate the children’s desire to use information as a tool for negotiation into a process with rigor and validity. An environment that was transparent, democratic, free from bias and discrimination was created. It demonstrated the enormous capacity that children possess and the impact that they can have if they are able to generate their own information, own it and use it to transform their situations and the lives of their communities. This volume aims to inspire children and organizations working with them to empower more and more children worldwide.