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We should know about gender, and rights
of children as we violent to children due to unawareness, In this article you
will also know about difference between sex and gender,
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Human rights are universal – they belong to each of us by virtue
of our common humanity yet many children and adults are not able to exercise
their rights. This is because an individual’s access to rights is shaped by how
much they are valued, by their social position and by their power relative to
others in society people are valued differently depending on their identity and
on the social groups they are associated with. The way people are valued
determines their social position. Gender and age affect
how people are valued and therefore, shape their social
While
a person’s sex is determined by biological characteristics that are male or
female, ‘gender refers to the roles, behaviors and attributes that a society considers
appropriate for men and women, and boys and girls. For example, women can give
birth because of their sex, but the expectation that women are natural
care-givers and primarily responsible for looking after the household is about gender.
As children grow up they learn the social rules of being female or male from
their Families, schools, communities and the media, among others. These institutions
set ‘the rules of the game’, establish how different people should be valued,
and ‘teach’ the appropriate roles, behaviors and aspirations to girls and boys.
This process begins the moment a child is born, and continues throughout
childhood and youth. Gender is not just about women or just about men – it is
about how they relate to each other. Seeing women and men or girls and boys as
different is not the problem. The problem is that the roles, characteristics
and expectations assigned to men and boys are given more value than those
assigned to women and girls. The result is a hierarchy based on gender.
Therefore, gender relations are power relations. The unequal distribution of
power in gender relations affects girls’ and women’s ability to act on their
own behalf and to influence the actions of others. Ultimately, it affects the
realization of their rights
1:
Survival
Child Rights and Social Relations of Gender
We should know about gender, and rights
of children as we violent to children due to unawareness, In this article you
will also know about difference between sex and gender, Human rights are universal – they belong to each of us by virtue
of our common humanity yet many children and adults are not able to exercise
their rights. This is because an individual’s access to rights is shaped by how
much they are valued, by their social position and by their power relative to
others in society people are valued differently depending on their identity and
on the social groups they are associated with. The way people are valued
determines their social position. Gender and age affect
how people are valued and therefore, shape their social
Position Girls and women face barriers to rights because they are
valued less and have a lower position than boys and men. Their social position
is also affected by other factors such as class, ethnicity, disability,
sexual orientation, etc. The relationship between different groups is called a
‘social relation’. Social relations affect how individuals are perceived and
valued, and to what extent they are able to realize their rights. Girls/women
and boys/men are grouped together by the Gender roles that society assigns to
them. Therefore, the relationships between them are called ‘social relations
of gender’.
Age and gender shape
children’s access to rights. Whether you are a girl or a boy, a youth or an adult affects how you are
valued and how you access power, and therefore the extent to which your rights are respected and
fulfilled,
Understanding Gender
While
a person’s sex is determined by biological characteristics that are male or
female, ‘gender refers to the roles, behaviors and attributes that a society considers
appropriate for men and women, and boys and girls. For example, women can give
birth because of their sex, but the expectation that women are natural
care-givers and primarily responsible for looking after the household is about gender.
As children grow up they learn the social rules of being female or male from
their Families, schools, communities and the media, among others. These institutions
set ‘the rules of the game’, establish how different people should be valued,
and ‘teach’ the appropriate roles, behaviors and aspirations to girls and boys.
This process begins the moment a child is born, and continues throughout
childhood and youth. Gender is not just about women or just about men – it is
about how they relate to each other. Seeing women and men or girls and boys as
different is not the problem. The problem is that the roles, characteristics
and expectations assigned to men and boys are given more value than those
assigned to women and girls. The result is a hierarchy based on gender.
Therefore, gender relations are power relations. The unequal distribution of
power in gender relations affects girls’ and women’s ability to act on their
own behalf and to influence the actions of others. Ultimately, it affects the
realization of their rights.jpg)
Who is Child?????
Any person under
the age of 18 years
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child (UNCRC) also defines a child as a person under the age of 18 years of
age.
What are Child Rights?
Rights
are promises or guarantees given to someone by another party (such as
Government)
Child
Rights are set of promises made by the government (including the
Government of Pakistan through ratification of the UN (Convention on the Rights
of the Child) CRC to uphold and fulfill.
Historical Background of CRC
• 1924:
Rights were adopted by the League of Nations. These were the world's first
Declaration on the Rights of the Child
• 1948:
UN General Assembly approved the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
• 1959:
UN General Assembly adopted a Second Declaration of Rights of the Child.
• 1979:
The International Year of the Child
• 1989:
Work on the draft convention on the Rights of the Child completed. Convention
adopted by the UN General Assembly.
• 1990:
Pakistan ratified the CRC (my country)
There
are total 54 rights for children from whom 41 are direct rights 13 are methods
to get those rights, 41 rights of children are divided in four baskets or we
can say there are 4 main Rights under all 41 rights are connected,
1:
Survival
2:
Development
3:
Participation
4:
Protection
All other
rights are included in these four... in next article I will discuss more
comprehensively
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