The Promise
A Book to Build Inclusion
“Let’s talk about that very special promise.
The Promise made to children all over the world whether they be playing in the sun or sitting in shade, they all share some very special Rights”
I have built a career within International development for over 10 years with education and child rights at the heart of my work.
As a professional, a lot of my work centers on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which serves as a pillar to guide our work and interactions with and for children.
Within a global movement struggling to address racism and discrimination, the UNCRC should to remind us that inclusion is in fact a Right, enshrined in law. A right that we must work actively to protect and ensure that the most marginalized benefit from equally and equitably.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is brilliant. It is the most widely-ratified international human rights treaty in history.
The Convention has 54 articles that cover all aspects of a child’s life and set out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that all children everywhere are entitled to. It also explains how adults and governments must work together to make sure all children can enjoy all their rights.
Governments, educators, lawyers, youth; people of all professions work with the UNCRC to enable the rights of children.
My upcoming book is the articulation of the UNCRC aimed at the youngest, children of preschool age.
Given that the Convention offers pillars for children everywhere, we need to make sure our children own these rights, know these rights and live these rights, right from the start.
