Searching for a middleground in children’s rights: the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Ghana

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/1080 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/1080 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/document/1080 archive 4031 disk0/00/00/04/53 2009-12-16 11:44:22 2019-01-23 09:52:11 2011-07-19 16:17:39 thesis show 0 Twum-Danso Afua Oppong A.Twum-Danso@sheffield.ac.uk Brydon Lynne Nolte Insa University of Birmingham Searching for a middleground in children’s rights: the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Ghana unpub HC JA DT 10col_artl Children’s rights, child-rearing, constructing childhood, Ghana The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, is the world’s most widely and rapidly ratified international convention. Although it was hoped that the Convention would have an enormously positive impact on all children, this has not happened in many parts of the world for a variety of reasons, including its western bias, which has, hitherto, dominated the debate on children’s rights. However, this universality vs. relativity dichotomy does not help us to protect children on the ground. Hence, it is necessary to move beyond the binary debate relating to the universality and relativity of children’s rights and engage with children’s local realities, which illustrate that there is, indeed, a middle ground in which people live their lives that may facilitate dialogue on children’s rights with local communities. In order to identify this middle ground the thesis focused on eliciting the perceptions of adults and children in two local communities in Accra, Ghana, the first country to ratify the Convention in February 1990, on children’s rights, constructing childhood and the socialization of children and their implications for the implementation of the Convention. Special attention is given to Article 12, which has caused controversy in countries around the world. 2008-12 2008-01 graduation eng author unchecked This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. public 451 University of Birmingham School of History and Cultures, Centre for West African Studies d_ph esrc 2008-12 graduation