英文摘要 |
The aim of this study was to explore child workers' understanding of current practices and difficulties in applying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in practice. Data were collected from a sessional education training regarding the CRC. The researchers developed a questionnaire containing three open-ended questions and two closed questions. Demographic information such as gender, work experience, job title and educational background was also collected. According to the research findings, the authors found that definitions of children were shaped by various factors and practitioners lacked strategies for implementation. It is significant to understand children's rights in practice as a social interaction concept. If child workers are not aware of children's rights, it is easy for them to make judgments according to past life experiences which might imply a habit or interaction through coercion or oppression. Workers must recognize that their work is closely aligned with the rights of the child, and affects the extent of children's rights in practice. Therefore, child workers play important roles in promoting the Implementation Act of the CRC, helping children, constructing a consensus framework through human rights education, and assisting rights-holders to learn rights knowledge, so that children themselves can gain familiarity with rights language. |