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Promoting the rights of migrant children in the educational institutions on the colombian-venezuelan border.
Author(s) -
Liany Yetzira Hernández-Granados,
Javier Perozo-Hernández,
Yesli Geraldine Murillo-Amado,
Viviana Veronica Alarcon-Suarez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista perspectivas/perspectiva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2590-9215
pISSN - 0123-9635
DOI - 10.22463/25909215.2648
Subject(s) - xenophobia , human rights , population , politics , normative , socioeconomic status , political science , economic growth , sociology , law , economics , demography
This article arises before the panorama of the political, economic and social crisis that the neighboring country of Venezuela has suffered in recent years, which has caused a large number of the Venezuelan population to migrate to different countries in search of better life conditions. Among them are boys and girls, who, faced with the need to continue their educational process, have begun their studies in various public schools in the city of San José de Cúcuta. This new phenomenon has caused a change in school environments, with different consequences, including the ever-increasing risk of problems of discrimination and xenophobia, where Venezuelan boys and girls may be exposed to abuse due to their socio-economic condition and their age. Based on this situation, the Human Rights Research Seedbed –SEMDHUM-, attached to the Law program of the Francisco de Paula Santander University, proposed an extension project that developed a culture of peace and coexistence, based on the investigation of the International and national normative framework regarding the right to education and equality of migrant children, educational pedagogical spaces were also generated in public primary educational institutions in the city of San José de Cúcuta, in order to raise awareness and train on the rights of migrant children in school and thus appropriate children in human rights, equality and non-discrimination. To carry out this project, the qualitative methodology and the pedagogical play method were applied, through activities and games, where the child learns and demonstrates their different perspectives and knowledge, improving the student and cultural environment.