Child Rights Education for Inclusion and Protection

The aims of child rights education are to make children and their primary duty-bearers aware of child rights so that they both can be empowered to together advocate for and apply them at their family, school and community levels. This sourcebook focuses on child rights education for primary prevention related to inclusion and protection. Child rights education for exclusion, non-discrimination and inclusion is discussed in the context of family and society with reference to girls, children with disability, and Dalit and tribal children, and child rights to cultural and financial inclusion. Child rights education for protection comprises prevention of violence against children with reference to physical abuse/ corporal punishment and bullying, commercial exploitation of children with reference to child labour and trafficking and sale of children, sexual abuse and exploitation of children, problems in adolescent sexual relationships such as violence, teenage pregnancy, abortion and unwed motherhood, and sexually transmitted infections and HIV, child marriage, and conflict with law.

Part 1: Child's Rights Education for Inclusive Family and Society.- 1. Child Rights in Family Life.- 2. Rights of Girls and Children with Disability to Non-Discrimination and Inclusion.- 3. Rights of Dalit and Tribal Children to Non-Discrimination and Inclusion.- 4. Child Rights to Culture and Inter-Cultural Inclusion.- 5. Child Rights to Financial Education and Inclusion.- Part 2: Child's Rights Education to Prevention of Violence.- 6. Child Rights to Prevention of Physical Violence.- 7. Child Rights to Prevention of Commercial Exploitation of Children.- 8. Child Rights to Prevention of Sexual Violence.- 9. Adolescent Rights to Prevention of Problems with Sexual Relationships.- 10. Child Rights to Prevention of Child Marriage.- 11. Child Rights to Prevention of Conflict with Law.