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International Save the Children Alliance.
Published by Save
the Children Sweden. Sept 2001.
Book and CD-ROM.
Children all over the world continue to face inequality in their everyday lives. For disabled children, discrimination and abuse, as well as lack of opportunities for education are common facts of life. Disabled girls and boys are often excluded from mainstream society and rarely given the opportunity to participate. Their situation is often forgotten, and they are frequently ignored in measures which aim to benefit children. Nevertheless, examples of good practice in implementing disabled children's rights does exist, although often on a small scale, or as isolated projects. Information about these good examples is often difficult to find.
This book examines the major issues arising from a wealth of examples of both violations and good or improving practice, collected from over 70 different countries. It is written in an informal and jargon-free style, with the aim of helping the reader - whether governmental or non-governmental organisations, local or international, disabled people's, children's or parents' organisations to understand more clearly the situation of disabled children, how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to them, and ideas to take action to promote their rights.
The CD-ROM contains a database with all the data collected during the project: over 400 pieces of information from over 70 countries around the world. (many more than are given in the book). Information is from a variety of sources - letters and stories from disabled children and adults, from parents, NGO staff, publications. These illustrate both violations and good practice in the implementation of disabled children's rights. The database can be searched using keywords according to the interest and needs of the user. (For use with Windows 95 onwards, needs 6Mb hard disk space).
To order on-line, go to:
www.childrightsbookshop.org
For more information
contact:
Save the Children Sweden,
Publishing,
107 88
Stockholm,
Sweden.
Fax: +46 8 698 9025
View the flyer and order form.
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21/01/2002