VATSONGA PEOPLE’S PERCEPTIONS OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

IF 0.4 Q4 SOCIAL WORK
Lisenga Simbine, L. L. le Roux
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Abstract

This article is based on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the Vatsonga people’s perceptions of children’s rights to protection. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 community-based participants and 11child protection social workers who were familiar with the Vatsonga people's cultural heritage. Key informant and snowball sampling techniques were employed to select the community-based participants and availability sampling for selecting the social work participants. The study established that the Vatsonga people recognise the provision, protection and participation rights of children. Child participation is perceived as comprised of childhood responsibilities, not the right to be heard perse. The paper argues that some of the purported violations of child rights in Africa emanate from the universal application of a Eurocentric worldview of children’s rights. We conclude that to understand child rights in Africa, African people should be allowed to contribute to the construction of an indigenised and contextualised perspective on child rights.
瓦松加人对儿童权利的看法
本文基于一项质性研究的结果,该研究探讨了瓦松加人对儿童受保护权利的看法。对40名社区参与者和11名熟悉Vatsonga人民文化遗产的儿童保护社会工作者进行了半结构化访谈。采用关键信息者和滚雪球抽样技术选择社区参与者,采用可得性抽样技术选择社会工作参与者。这项研究证实,瓦松加人承认儿童的提供、保护和参与权利。儿童参与被认为是由儿童责任组成的,而不是被听取意见的权利。本文认为,非洲一些据称侵犯儿童权利的行为源于普遍适用以欧洲为中心的儿童权利世界观。我们的结论是,要理解非洲的儿童权利,应该允许非洲人民为构建本土化和情境化的儿童权利视角做出贡献。
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CiteScore
0.70
自引率
16.70%
发文量
20
审稿时长
6 weeks
期刊介绍: This South African academic peer-reviewed journal publishes articles, book reviews and commentary from all field of social work. Manuscripts covering amongst others the following, are considered for publication: social work, welfare organizations, society, social welfare, family and child care, community work, substance abuse, substance dependence, welfare law, etc.
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