Children's rights

The main aim of this workshop is to raise students' awareness of children's rights. The workshop aims to familiarize children with the realities of countries in the South. They will learn that people there live differently, and that children's rights are not always respected (even here in Europe).

To get to grips with the theme of children's rights, we're going to start by defining what a child is.

In a 2^e step, 3 groups are created to define together (with the help of a questionnaire/text) the difference between

• a need
• a right
• a desire

This is followed by a presentation of the 10 most important children's rights, so that we can analyze together examples where children's rights are not respected, or are poorly respected (child labor; inclusive education, etc.).

We'll end the workshop by talking about the differences between north and south.

Each workshop consists of a theoretical part where we work together to summarize the problem. This is followed by a more active part, which changes according to the age of the students. For younger students, we might prepare a series of images to comment on, or educational games. For older students, we offer text/video analysis, role-playing or positioning games.

Our approach is to provide students with enough information to discover the conclusion themselves. After a moment of realization/study, they structure what they have learned. The aim is to bring about a change in thinking/behavior so that they become active players in our society.

We can adapt the content of our workshop to the level or pre-knowledge of your students. Our workshops are designed for students aged 10+, but can be adapted for younger students. We could also include your wishes regarding the content (if you'd like us to talk about a certain country, for example, or just one aspect of the issue).