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Killing them softly? Using children’s rights to empower Africa’s orphans and vulnerable children

2012; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 56; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0020872812459063

1461-7234

Kristen E. Cheney,

Early Childhood Education and Development

This article considers ways to shift the implementation of children’s rights-based aid approaches from protectionism, which hinders orphans and vulnerable children’s (OVCs) survival strategies, to empowerment in order to transform OVC livelihoods. I emphasize children’s citizenship as a means of increasing OVC participation in policy-making.