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DIGITAL VOICES Progressing children’s right to be heard through social and digital media

Digital Voices is a research project carried out by TU Dublin on behalf of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) in 2020/21. The brief was to examine how social and digital media might be mobilised to support and promote children’s right to be heard in the context of public decision-making. Drawing on a review of the academic literature as well as current practices, the research team engaged widely with children and young people (9-17 years) and professional stakeholders in putting forward a framework for promoting digital as a mode of children’s participation in public decision-making. Against a background of renewed attention to children’s rights in the digital environment, this webinar will reflect on the report’s conclusions and recommendations and look to the policy and practical challenges and some of the promising trends of participatory practice in this field.

May 4, 2022 01:00 PM in Dublin