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This article explores the complexities of children’s lives and how categories such as gender, age, race, ethnicity and poverty determine the opportunities that they have to realise their right to participate in social life. It examines the views and perceptions of children in Brazil to explore whether these intersectional identity categories are linked to the way the children construct and reconstruct the meaning and significance of their identities and experiences whilst participating in collective actions.
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In this article, the author uses the terms “children” and “children and young people” to refer to children up to the age of 18, following the definition within the UNCRC.
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Young Public Policy Monitoring (Monitoramento Jovem de Políticas Públicas—MJPOP in Portuguese) is a community-based project that engages children and young people in social accountability processes. This project aims to equip children and young people with the necessary skills and tools to demand their rights and hold duty-bearers accountable in fulfilling their responsibilities towards right-holders.
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Cuevas-Parra, P. (2022). Challenging the Homogenous View of Childhood: The Importance of Using an Intersectional Lens to Understand Oppression and Discrimination of Children. In: Bak, R., Machold, C. (eds) Kindheit und Kindheitsforschung intersektional denken. Kinder, Kindheiten und Kindheitsforschung, vol 26. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36760-2_15
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