Abstract

LAZZARETTI DE SOUZA, Ana Paula; FINKLER, Lirene; DALBOSCO DELL'AGLIO, Débora  and  KOLLER, Silvia Helena. Social participation and protagonism: Reflections fron the Conference of the Rights of Children’s and adolescent in Brazil. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.2, pp.178-193. ISSN 1794-4724.

This paper examines the children and young people’s participation and protagonism rights based on the Conferences on Children and Adolescents Rights’ experience in Brazil, based on childhood sociology. Conferences’ documents were consulted on the Brazilian government websites. These study findings revealed that young people’s participation has increased in the last conferences. However, it is necessary to promote a systematic and genuine participation through democratic relations construction in all development contexts where children and adolescent live in order to modify their life and society participative practices.

Keywords : children rights; participation; childhood sociology; citizenship.

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