The Rejuvenate ‘Living Archive’ forms the basis of what we hope will become a resource hub for those working at the intersection between child/youth-led work and social change work.

In compiling the archive, we drew from existing practitioner and academic literature, field experts and exemplary projects. The archive includes information and links to projects, organisations and literature from children’s and youth geographies, the sociology and anthropology of childhood and youth, education, and international development. All of these elements come together in what we are calling a ‘Living Archive’, an evolving and growing database of projects, resources, organisations and people.

Living Archive

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Moving Towards Children as Partners in Child Protection in COVID-19 Guide: From Participation to Partnerships

Currie, Vanessa; Laura H.V.; Veitch, Helen; Mayevskaya, Yana; and Rogers, Lindsay

The ‘Moving Towards Children as Partners in Child Protection in COVID-19 Guide: From Participation to Partnerships’ offers quick tips and tools and adaptations to common tools to start engaging with […]

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Children’s Right2Food Campaign

The Children’s Right2Food Campaign is a nationwide initiative to ensure every child in the UK can access and afford good food, and was shaped by the findings of the Children’s […]

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Dialogue: Responding and reflecting on child rights

Rejuvenate Team

Read our summary report here. Lead by a team at IDS and UHI, the goal of the Rejuvenate project is to re-energise the field of child and youth rights in […]

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Children’s Rights as Living Rights: The Case of Street Children and a new Law in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Edward van Daalen, Karl Hanson and Olga Nieuwenhuys

In this article the authors propose the notion of living rights to highlight that children, whilst making use of notions of rights, shape what these rights are, and become, in […]

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Young People Leaving Care: Participatory Research to Improve Child Welfare Practices and the Rights of Children and Young People

Maritta Lea Törrönen and Riitta Helena Vornanen

This paper discusses participatory research with young people who are leaving public care in Finland to begin independent lives. The aim of the research, organised by SOS Children’s Villages International, […]

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Smart Girls Uganda

Smart Girls Uganda is a non-profit, girl centred, national organisation that empowers and mentors girls to speak out, be decision makers and create visionary change. Smart girls was founded in […]

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Dialogue: Creative praxis and working with children and young people

Read our summary report here. You can watch the dialogue on YouTube below: Date: 23 February 2022 Time: 12:00 – 13:00 UK time Platform: Zoom Event Registration: https://bit.ly/3KbKgFC As part […]

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Promoting Climate Change Transformation with Young People in Brazil: Participatory Action Research Through a Looping Approach

Rachel Trajber et al.

Amid research into the mounting social and environmental threats presented by climate change, young people’s everyday experiences and knowledges are often overlooked, despite being the generation that will be most […]

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Children and Young People’s Participation (CYPP) Training Workshop Guide

Vicky Johnson, Robert Nurick, Karen Baker and Rajni S Shivakotee

This manual is designed to support organisations to promote children and young people’s participation and inclusion in project planning, implementation and evaluation.

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Report on a Children’s Participation Process Towards a South African Child Labour Programme

Glynis Clacherty

The research discussed in this report was conducted as part of a process of formulating a national child labour action programme for South Africa. It was aimed at obtaining the […]

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Learning from a Living Archive: Rejuvenating Child and Youth Rights and Participation

Vicky Johnson, Tessa Lewin and Mariah Cannon

This working paper reflects the findings of the first phase of the REJUVENATE project, which set out to understand and map approaches to integrating children, youth, and community participation in […]

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China Earthquake Relief: Participatory Action Work with Children

Emily Jie Zeng and Louise Bordeaux Silverstein

This article presents a community-focused participatory action project designed to promote children’s resilience in the early aftermath of the cataclysmic May 2008 Earthquake in Beichuan, China. Thirty children aged 7- […]

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