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Child Rights Practice among the Indigenous Communities in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Islam M. Rezaul,
Nath Bhabatash,
Cojocaru Stefan,
Islam Md. Rabiul
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian social work and policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1753-1411
pISSN - 1753-1403
DOI - 10.1111/aswp.12058
Subject(s) - indigenous , child rights , economic growth , vulnerability (computing) , ethnic group , convention on the rights of the child , child support , political science , treaty , social work , public relations , human rights , socioeconomics , sociology , law , economics , ecology , computer security , computer science , biology
The objective of this article was to explore the practice of child rights among the indigenous communities of Bangladesh. We used a mixed method approach to collect data from four ethnic communities in the Bandarban District of the Chittagong Division in Bangladesh. We questioned children, parents, community members, local leaders, and service providers of those communities on a number of child rights issues, for example, child education, child labor, child recreation and culture, parents' guidance to children for capacity development, and access to child rights at home and in the community according to Convention on the Rights of the Child treaty. The results showed that while the community was aware of child rights, financial vulnerability and a lack of social support meant that these rights could not be upheld in practice. The paper urges improvement of social support, including income generation activities for indigenous communities.