RT Journal Article
T1 The Forum for the participation of children and teenagers in Teo: A socio-educational context that enables children's right to participation
A1 Riádigos Couso, Xabier
A1 Gradaílle Pernas, Rita
K1 Childhood
K1 Education
K1 Rights
K1 Social participation
K1 Children’s council
AB Children are citizens of the present and active subjects who must be educated to exercise and enjoy civil, social, political and cultural rights in conditions of equity. Based on this premise, in a democratic society, children’s right to participation must be guaranteed by public administrations and their rulers. Therefore, this article aims to know the perception that children and adolescents and the social educator have about the right to participate, as well as their assessment of the Forum for Child and Adolescent Participation of the City Council of Teo (A Coruña, Galicia, Spain). To achieve this, a qualitative research was undertaken focused on the case study, based on data collection through instruments such as documentation analysis, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The results show that participation is perceived as a right to be exercised, while at the same time making a positive assessment of the Forum in terms of benefits (personal, social and educational). However, they reveal a series of challenges and limitations that hinder the exercise of the right to participate in an authentic, full and protagonist manner: 1) the adult-centric vision that prevails in part of the adult community, 2) a strong dependence in the decision-making process in matters that concern them, 3) lack of spaces to participate in the community, 4) difficulties in networking with other socio-community agents (families, schools, associations, etc.). It is concluded that the right to participation is reinforced with the creation of local bodies for child participation, but it is a priority to create more spaces or experiences of participation in Teo, to give protagonism to girls and boys in the participatory processes, as well as committing to strategies that make visible their sense of agency
PB Elsevier
SN 0190-7409
YR 2023
FD 2023-07-26
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31185
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31185
LA eng
NO Children and Youth Services Review Volume 153 (2023) 107112
NO We would like to thank the participants in this research for their time and collaboration in bringing this work to light. Also, the Town Council of Teo for its contribution and daily commitment to make the rights of its youngest inhabitants a reality. This work is carried out within the framework of the Spanish Ministry of Universities' Grants for University Teacher Training (FPU21/00667). This article is linked to the R+D+i project “Education and work-life balance for equity: analysis of its impact on children’s educational and social time” (Ref. RTI2018-094764-B-I00), of the State Program for Research, Development and Innovation Oriented to the Challenges of Society, call for proposals 2018 (Spain)
DS Minerva
RD 25 abr 2026