In this webinar we explore the universal right of all children and young people to participate, to express their views and be heard in all matters concerning them. Experts from the Nordic region provides insight to and explore how this right in higher extent can be secured for children and young people with disabilities in the Nordic region.
PROGRAMME
0:00 Welcome
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Adviser, World Bank Group
4:08 By involving children and youth, we enforce better living conditions and social sustainability
Thomas Blomqvist, Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality, Finland
11:23 How Article 12 in the CRC & article 7 in the CRPD are intertwined
Kirsten Sandberg, Professor in law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway
57:55 See, listen, and include - a report on participation for children and young people with disabilities in the Nordic region
Merethe Løberg, Senior Adviser, Nordic Welfare Centre
1:12:24 LEGO Braille Bricks
Cecilia Ekstrand, representative, Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired
1:24:23 Snakkemedbarn.no
Ane Heiberg Simonsen, Specialist Adviser, RVTS - Regional Centre on Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention, East region, Norway
1:37:52 Safety walks, method for shaping a safe school
Siri Morawski, researcher, The Swedish Agency for Participation, Sweden
1:51:24 If you can see it, you can support it – A book about tactile language
Maria Creutz, Senior Adviser, Nordic Welfare Centre
2:08:35 Young peoples’ ways of organizing and raising their voice in the Nordic region
Eivind Digranes, Norwegian association of youth with disabilities, Norway
2:22:02 Concluding remarks
2:28:29 Questions and answers and ending of the webinar
FURTHER READING
Nordic Welfare Centre’s project Children, young people and participation
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Nordic Welfare Centre’s report: Unequal opportunities to participate for children and young people with disabilities
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The Nordic Welfare Centre is an institution in the Nordic Council of Ministers’ social and health sector. Our mission is to contribute to the development of welfare initiatives in the Nordic region.
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