Killing them softly? Using children’s rights to empower Africa’s orphans and vulnerable children

Authors: Kristen E. Cheney

Date: 2013

Abstract: This article considers ways to shift the implementation of children’s rights-based aid approaches from protectionism, which hinders orphans and vulnerable children’s (OVCs) survival strategies, to empowerment in order to transform OVC livelihoods. I emphasize children’s citizenship as a means of increasing OVC participation in policy-making.

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