Rights Posts

Happy World Book Day 2025! The theme of this year is Read Your Way. Here at the Children’s Rights Team of the Museum of Childhood Ireland, we think this ties into a really important right that all children on this island have. Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child… Continue reading World Book Day 2025!

By Clare Daly, Child Protection and Law TODAY is Safer Internet Day! For everyone at Museum of Childhood Ireland it holds a special place in our hearts. It’s a day to reflect on the incredible opportunities the internet offers to children in the modern age while noting the risks inherent in the online world which… Continue reading Celebrating Safer Internet Day:

All children on the Island  of Ireland have the right to education. This means that it is the Government’s responsibility to make sure that all children are able to access learning. This is established in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). This is a document that sets out all the… Continue reading International Day of Education (2025)

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd 2024 focuses on the theme: ‘Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future.’ The leadership of persons with disabilities is epitomised by the global disability rights movement’s slogan “Nothing About Us Without Us”. It connotes the basic requirements of participation,… Continue reading International Day of Persons with Disabilities

“Listen to the Future. Stand Up for Children’s Rights.” Is the theme of #WorldChildrensDay2024 and we love Celebrating it at the Museum of Childhood Ireland!  November 20th is a special occasion where the world comes together to help celebrate and advocate for child rights, their well-being, and opportunities. Here, at the museum this day holds… Continue reading World Children’s Day 2024

National Play Day 2024 Time to Play The aim of National Play Day is to promote play and recreation opportunities for children and young people across the country. Play Day is between July 13th and 21st. The theme this year is Time to Play. Time to Play will embrace the importance of recognising the significance… Continue reading National Play Day 2024

A wonderful poster designed by Erin one of our young artists, June 1st is International Children’s Day!  The theme of International children’s day 2024 is, ‘Investing in our future means investing in our children’. It’s Playtime! This year Sticky Fingers Arts and the Museum of Childhood Ireland are celebrating International Children’s Day together in Mc… Continue reading International Children’s Day 2024

Autism Rights. Autism Acceptance. Autism Awareness. Children’s Rights. Child Rights are Human Rights. The Autism Rights Movement, known too as the Autistic Acceptance Movement, is a social movement allied with disability rights that emphasises a neurodiversity paradigm viewing autism as a disability with variations in the human brain rather than as a disease to be… Continue reading Autism Acceptance Month

For every child, every right World Children’s Day was established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated anually on the 20th of November, to promote international togetherness, raise awareness among children worldwide, and help improve children’s welfare. November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN… Continue reading World Children’s Day 2023

Childrens programmes for sustainability By Edgar Debel. As global warming becomes more and more of a threat to our planet over the last few years, the last few years have seen a significant increase in pro- environmental programs and initiatives, fromprivate people as well as from environmental and voluntary organisations. Companies have started to “become… Continue reading Sustainability programmes

By Edgar Debel In this research I wanted to look at Direct Provision in Ireland and its consequences on children and their lives. What is direct provision?Direct Provision is a system in place in Ireland which handles people who seek asylum and refugee in the country. In this system people are accommodated in what are… Continue reading Children & Direct Provision

Use these videos to help children understand their rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. (61) UNCRC Scotland – YouTube (61) Rights of the Child Segment 1 – What are Childrens Rights – YouTube

This online gallery from the Early Childhood Voices Conference 2022 is a wonderful snapshot of children’s voices from around the world. Children were asked to create a drawing of themselves talking to someone and then their insights and discussions about their drawing were authentically documented. Click the link below to view the gallery. Children Draw… Continue reading Young Children’s Voices Expressed Through Their Drawings

THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD PROTECTS CHILDREN’S RIGHTS The UNCRC embodies the idea that every child should be recognised, respected and protected as a rights holder and as a unique and valuable human being. The Convention protects children’s rights by setting minimum standards that governments must meet in providing healthcare, education and legal… Continue reading The UNCRC

Children under 18 are a third of humanity, yet no democracy gives them the right to vote. Over time, suffrage has been extended for various reasons to wealthy traders, landowners, poor men, racial minorities, women, and most recently young adults. But minors (or in a few countries people under 16) are assumed to lack the… Continue reading Young People’s Voting Rights?

Together we Need to Validate and Make Visible Traveller Cultural Identity, Language and Values in Education Dr Anne Marie Kavanagh, School of Human Development, DCU Institute of Education It is entirely understandable to feel invisible when the school curriculum fails to recognise the value of your community’s cultural identity, knowledge system and concerns. Can any… Continue reading Traveller Children and Youth’s Rights Matter

Prof. Ewa Maciejewska-Mroczek Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Childhood Studies Research Team, University of Warsaw The category of voice is often a theme in childhood studies, and the right to express oneself under Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child seems to be the most frequently cited legal regulation in… Continue reading A Child’s Voice

We’d like to say a huge thank you to our Child and Youth Voice team members for their incredible work from 2018 to 2023. They explored all aspects of the museum, instigated and organised numerous events. Their input and friendship was invaluable in helping shape and drive the project for a Museum of Childhood for… Continue reading Thank you to our Child & Youth Voice Team

“Children can and should influence the world around them.” Visit the online gallery exhibition of the Voices of Children International Project, facilitated by the Bright Start Foundation and extending on a project first established by the University of Wollongong in Australia 14 years ago. This gallery exhibits artwork, photography and written responses created by children… Continue reading Voices of Children International Gallery Exhibition

This is a wonderful activity to facilitate children to freely express their sense of self-identity. “The children participating in this activity were between the ages of 3 and 5 years old. I explained to the children that we would be painting large self portraits of themselves. I got each child to lie down on a… Continue reading All About Me – Full body portraits

PhD Candidate, Muireann Ranta, is currently engaged in a research project with early years children to explore, in collaboration with them, their perspectives of nature, sustainability and climate change. One of the aims of this research project is to “explore possibilities of developing a child rights based education” on topics related to sustainability and climate… Continue reading “Can We See Our Voices?”

Calling early childhood practitioners and educators, if you work in an early childhood setting and are interested in sharing ideas with us on how you ensure young children’s voices are heard, through the creative arts or otherwise, please contact me on info@museumofchildhood.ie Engaging in the creative arts is a wonderful way to facilitate and encourage… Continue reading Creative Expression & Children’s Voices in Early Years

At the Museum of Childhood we know how important it is for children to have their voices heard, listened to and acted upon. We ensure that even the very youngest of children have a platform to share their voice. One of the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)… Continue reading Early Childhood Voices

Douglass Week: A call to modern young people 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 We are proudly celebrating Douglass Week, marking the arrival and tour of the reformer and slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass in Ireland between 1845 and 1846. His tour of the country saw him lecture to packed audiences, meet Daniel O’Connell and reflect upon the devastating effects of… Continue reading DouglassWeek

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20th November. Inclusion for every child World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on the 20th November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improvement of children’s welfare.  1.Children with an imprisoned family member are largely unseen & unheard in society. Yet they… Continue reading World Children’s Day