TY  - CHAP
AB  - Support for child rights is widespread, and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified treaty ever. Surprisingly, however, we find that child rights discourse is not integrated as a core element of mobilization around either the eradication of female genital cutting practices or the provision of free primary education. Analyzing history and the content of child rights claims related to these issues, we unpack this puzzle. In the process, we illuminate the constraints on mobilizing strategies in general and some difficulties inherent in using child rights discourse in particular.
VL  - 56
SN  - 978-1-78052-252-4, 978-1-78052-253-1/1059-4337
DO  - 10.1108/S1059-4337(2011)0000056007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2011)0000056007
AU  - Heger Boyle Elizabeth
AU  - Nyseth Hollie
ED  - Austin Sarat
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Why the Underutilization of Child Rights in Global Mobilization? The Cases of Female Genital Cutting Practices and User Fees for Education
T2  - Special Issue Human Rights: New Possibilities/New Problems
T3  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 91
EP  - 119
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -