children and young people report to the UN on their rights - Nova

Contents1 Background <strong>and</strong> framework for <strong>the</strong> project ............................................................... 7Implementation of <strong>children</strong>’s rights in Norway..................................................................... 7Organisation of <strong>the</strong> work...................................................................................................... 8Overview of <strong>the</strong> participating municipalities ...................................................................... 112 Awareness of <strong>the</strong> <strong>UN</strong> Convention on <strong>the</strong> Rights of <strong>the</strong> Child................................ 12What is <strong>the</strong> Convention about? ......................................................................................... 13Significance of <strong>the</strong> <strong>UN</strong> Convention on <strong>the</strong> Rights of <strong>the</strong> Child.......................................... 16Rights in practice ............................................................................................................... 18Respondents’ perception of <strong>the</strong>ir situation compared with o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>children</strong> ........................ 213 Children's well-being <strong>and</strong> co-determination at school ........................................... 23Children <strong>and</strong> <strong>young</strong> <strong>people</strong>’s well-being at school............................................................ 23Co-determination at school................................................................................................ 26Schools’ tuition in co-determination................................................................................... 29How can pupils achieve greater influence?....................................................................... 314 Discrimination <strong>and</strong> unfair treatment ......................................................................... 34Unfair treatment <strong>and</strong> discrimination at school ................................................................... 34Who perpetrated discrimina<strong>to</strong>ry or unfair treatment?........................................................ 35Being an ethnic minority .................................................................................................... 39Children’s <strong>and</strong> <strong>young</strong> <strong>people</strong>’s suggestions for less discrimination.................................. 41Are boys <strong>and</strong> girls given differential treatment? ................................................................ 42Bullying ............................................................................................................................. 435 Leisure, assistance measures <strong>and</strong> thoughts about <strong>the</strong> future .............................. 47Leisure facilities – what facilities are good <strong>and</strong> what can be improved? .......................... 47Awareness of <strong>the</strong> municipality's health <strong>and</strong> social services.............................................. 51Thoughts about <strong>the</strong> future.................................................................................................. 536 Summary <strong>and</strong> conclusions......................................................................................... 57Bibliography ..................................................................................................................... 63– Children <strong>and</strong> <strong>young</strong> <strong>people</strong> <strong>report</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>UN</strong> on <strong>the</strong>ir rights – 5