CRFR Seminar: Planning for Children’s Rights and the Child Friendly City Speaker: Dr Jenny Wood, Research Associate, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research, Heriot Watt University, Co-founder and Chair of the Board of A Place in Childhood Children are often excluded or marginalised in public space, but this denies them rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In particular, a child’s right to be heard in matters that affect them (Article 12), the right to gather (Article 15), and the right to play, rest, leisure and access cultural life (Article 31). Understanding of this amongst planning professionals and policymakers is generally low, but the Child Friendly City agenda is rising in prominence in the UK, and increasingly demanding a town planning response. This seminar will examine what children’s rights mean for town planning systems across the UK, and how it can move towards a child-rights informed practice. It will reflect on research which involved a live project around a local park restoration with children aged 9-12; review of the child-friendliness of planning policies across the UK; and efforts to involve children and young people meaningfully in ‘placemaking’. By bringing insights from other disciplines, empirical work, and analysis, the talk ends by suggesting ways to make the participation of children in place and process more achievable, and the future implications of the Child Friendly City agenda. This seminar is free but not funded, so we can’t provide refreshments. You are welcome to bring your own lunch. Oct 02 2019 12.30 - 13.30 CRFR Seminar: Planning for Children’s Rights and the Child Friendly City Centre for Research on Families and Relationships Informal Seminar Seminar Room, CRFR, 23 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LN Register with Eventbrite
CRFR Seminar: Planning for Children’s Rights and the Child Friendly City Speaker: Dr Jenny Wood, Research Associate, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research, Heriot Watt University, Co-founder and Chair of the Board of A Place in Childhood Children are often excluded or marginalised in public space, but this denies them rights enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In particular, a child’s right to be heard in matters that affect them (Article 12), the right to gather (Article 15), and the right to play, rest, leisure and access cultural life (Article 31). Understanding of this amongst planning professionals and policymakers is generally low, but the Child Friendly City agenda is rising in prominence in the UK, and increasingly demanding a town planning response. This seminar will examine what children’s rights mean for town planning systems across the UK, and how it can move towards a child-rights informed practice. It will reflect on research which involved a live project around a local park restoration with children aged 9-12; review of the child-friendliness of planning policies across the UK; and efforts to involve children and young people meaningfully in ‘placemaking’. By bringing insights from other disciplines, empirical work, and analysis, the talk ends by suggesting ways to make the participation of children in place and process more achievable, and the future implications of the Child Friendly City agenda. This seminar is free but not funded, so we can’t provide refreshments. You are welcome to bring your own lunch. Oct 02 2019 12.30 - 13.30 CRFR Seminar: Planning for Children’s Rights and the Child Friendly City Centre for Research on Families and Relationships Informal Seminar Seminar Room, CRFR, 23 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LN Register with Eventbrite
Oct 02 2019 12.30 - 13.30 CRFR Seminar: Planning for Children’s Rights and the Child Friendly City Centre for Research on Families and Relationships Informal Seminar
