Championing Change: Children's Rights, Youth Participation, and Social Movements
SOCIOL 1145
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This course examines the origins, evolution, implementation, backlash, and transformation of the children’s rights movement. We will discuss rights violations like child labor or child marriage, as well as positive rights, like the right to education and free expression. Students will learn about the complex social, political, economic, and cultural structures underpinning the fight for children’s rights, as well as the ways children’s rights have transformed these structures around the world. And we will consider how young people themselves take ownership of their rights. Looking at the cases of Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai, and the children who defend child labor, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges of child and youth participation.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
