‘Making children’s rights real’: lessons from policy networks and Contribution Analysis

Abstract

Andressa Gadda has worked as a researcher in the field of child care and protection for over 10 years. Most recently she was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Child Wellbeing and Protection (CCWP) at the University of Stirling. She is currently the Head of Policy and Research at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI). Juliet Harris is the Director of Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) and leads the organisation in promoting and monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) across Scotland. This includes working with Together's membership of over 380 children's organisations and professionals to produce an annual State of Children's Rights report, as well as liaising with government and parliamentarians to further children's rights in legislation, policy and practice. Juliet's previous experience includes six years tackling the destitution and poverty of refugees and asylum seekers, alongside a number of roles with charities working in the field of health and homelessness.

Did the UN convention on the rights of the child reduce child mortality around the world? An interrupted time series analysis

“…There are also indications that specific policies changed as a result of CRC ratification. For instance, in Scotland, the government has made progress towards repealing the legal notion of "justifiable assault" against children [17]. As another example, across many countries, there have been marked investments in early childhood education [16].…”

Realising children's rights in an ACE-aware nation

“…Since then, a passion and commitment to children's rights has grown rapidly with the government using the tagline 'making rights real' for children as a policy promise (Gadda et al, 2019) and placing an emphasis on integrating children's rights into policy and legislation. The 2018-2019 Programme for Government included, for example, a commitment to incorporating the principles of the CRC into Scottish domestic law (Scottish Government, 2019).…”

Autoridad política y cambio de política pública: política de agua y saneamiento en Ecuador desde el enfoque de redes de política

“…El enfoque de redes de política ha sido más utilizado para explicar la gobernanza horizontal de las políticas públicas (Borzel, 1998;Eberhard et al, 2017;Gadda et al, 2019). Sin embargo, en este texto mostramos la utilidad del enfoque en casos de gobernabilidad que implican la intervención top-down de un actor con autoridad.…”