Child Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for a Rights-Based Global Research Agenda

Dinbabo, Mulugeta F.

doi:10.15270/49-3-47

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“…The points made about ineffective laws as hindrance to child protection have long been recognized (Kaime, 2009;Dinbabo, 2013). Although a signatory to laws and covenants protecting affirming the protection of children's rights, Nigeria has underperformed in terms of implementing the provisions of these laws.…”

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“…Taken together, these grim possibilities; poses legitimate concern to the social work profession. Dinbabo (2013) construes social work is an assemblage of value, sanction, purpose, knowledge, and method put into practice. Given the authoritative definition provided by the profession's global authority, social work is a practice-based profession and an academic field that supports social development and change, societal cohesiveness, as well as the empowerment and emancipation of individuals.…”

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Child Vulnerabilities in Nigeria: What is the Nature of Our Work as Child Protection Social Workers?

Omorogiuwa

2023

Mediterr. J. Soc. Sci.

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Terms like child abuse, child labour, street children, child trafficking, and child marriage underscore the vulnerability of children worldwide, and underpin the imperative of affording them holistic care. Such services must address the underlying factors that elevate their vulnerability as is consistent with the person-in-environment focus of social work. Given our historical commitments and top-notch values, the social work profession, more than any other, is most concerned with the well-being of children. Yet, not much is known of our professional action in Africa, a region near the pyramid's pinnacle in child rights violation. This article presents the findings of a qualitative study, involving five voluntary organizations, which explored the nature of social work services to vulnerable children. Drawing on a constructivist framework, semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather data in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, and the results were then thematically analyzed. Findings indicate that social work services for vulnerable children require strengthening, since it does not address the root causes that exacerbate their vulnerability. Suggestions for navigating these challenges are explored. Received: 2 November 2022 / Accepted: 30 December 2022 / Published: 5 January 2023

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Child Vulnerabilities in Nigeria: What is the Nature of Our Work as Child Protection Social Workers?

Omorogiuwa

2023

Mediterr. J. Soc. Sci.

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“…Pillay (2014) sees a child's rights as a 'provision' (which relates to the right to adequate education and health services) and 'protection' (the right to be protected from forms of abuse, neglect, and discrimination). Dinbabo (2013) explicitly argued that there is a need for a high-quality, long-term national plan for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information on child rights. This position is coming to reinforced the government stance with article 35 of the Law of Cameroon National Educational Guidelines No.…”

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Violence and educational quality : effects of violence on the learning outcomes of students in Cameroon

Tangwe¹

2021

Regards Croisés Afrique-Europe. Cahiers Supplementaires

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This study examines violence and its relation to learning outcomes of secondary school students in Cameroon. The study interconnected with educational quality values of accessibility, inclusiveness, favorable learning climate, tolerance, and responsible behavior. The government of Cameroon has attempted to uphold these values through legislation. In spite of this position, violence at school is still observable on a daily basis, not respecting the human rights of children and young learners and hindering them from learning. The study was to understand the effects of violence on their motivation and self-esteem, and its influence on their learning outcomes and the research question focused on the extent of violence in education. A model was operationalized measuring physical violence, psychological violence, structural violence and sexual violence at school and at home, mediated by self-esteem, motivation and health to the learning outcome, quantified by class repetition, grades and reading enjoyment. The study was designed using a quantitative approach with cross-sectional survey for students. Questionnaires were designed from approved scales which had been adopted to the Cameroonian background by two pretests. Data had been collected from a sample population of 924 students in grades four to seven in Cameroon. The data collection was approved by the regional authorities. The collected data was transformed by controlling the social background and reflecting different types of experiences of violence. The collected information was analyzed using descriptive statistics (means, standards deviation), and inferential statistics (ANOVA). The results indicate an acute prevalence of school violence. Students in Cameroon are affected by four ways of violence. About 20 % of students feel physical violence and psychological violence. More than half of the students’ experiences structural violence and about 23 % have experiences of sexual violence. As a zero-policy on experienced violence is the wished standard, the huge ratio of violence in the life of students in Cameroon becomes visible. The study shows that these experiences of violence affect the self-esteem and the motivation to learn. However, a significant relation between different forms of violence and school grades was not found in this study. In addition, the study shows the poor school quality, and a very discouraging socioeconomic background of students. In the perspective paradigm, the schools are neither an environment of the protection of students nor open spaces for real-world transmission of values. Violence remains a challenge. This requires coordinated and focused action. The study develops a number of suggestions for school practice to overcome this situation and suggests follow-up studies.

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“…Several arguments have been advanced on why immigrants move to countries in the Global North despite seemingly impossible odds (Baláž, Williams, & Fifeková, 2016;Carbone, 2017;Dinbabo & Carciotto, 2015;Smith, 2019). While expectations and narratives reflecting the preponderance of bounded rationality or biases shape ambitions to migrate, decisions to migrate are often affected by flawed and contradictory information.…”

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Socio-Economic Inequity and Decision-Making under Uncertainty: West African Migrants’ Journey across the Mediterranean to Europe

Dinbabo

Badewa

Yeboah

2021

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Understanding the nexus between poverty, inequality and decision-making under uncertainty in migrants’ journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe remains a significant challenge, raising intense scholarly debate. Several suggestions have been offered on how to reduce migrants’ journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in several guises, including the formulation and implementation of proper social, political and economic policies in Africa. Despite all odds and challenges, migrants from Africa cross state boundaries and stay in transit state(s) for limited periods, en route the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Underpinned by different migration theories and conceptual frameworks, our study applied a qualitative methodology to examine why migrants decide, under uncertainty, to cross the Mediterranean Sea from their countries of origin to the ultimate destinations in Europe. While focusing on the life experiences of purposively selected migrants from West Africa, the research seeks to address the underlying factors of irregular migration. The result of this empirical study clearly illustrates that limited access to opportunities, poverty and unemployment amidst precarious development challenges and the youth population bulge, exacerbate Africa’s migration crisis. The study finally brings into focus empirical observations and provides suggestions for stakeholders’ engagement in addressing African migration challenges.

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Child Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Call for a Rights-Based Global Research Agenda

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Child Vulnerabilities in Nigeria: What is the Nature of Our Work as Child Protection Social Workers?

Child Vulnerabilities in Nigeria: What is the Nature of Our Work as Child Protection Social Workers?

Violence and educational quality : effects of violence on the learning outcomes of students in Cameroon

Socio-Economic Inequity and Decision-Making under Uncertainty: West African Migrants’ Journey across the Mediterranean to Europe

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