3440 - Children, Youth, Adolescents: Scholar Activism on Behalf of Children and Youth

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

Young people under the age of 18 have been referred to as the “last minority” in the human rights movement. Although their rights have been affirmed internationally through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, there is still a long way to go before the authentic participation, human agency and rights of young people are fully supported and embraced worldwide by parents, communities, and governments. This session highlights the efforts scholars make to enhance the lives of actual groups of children and youth. It will showcase papers focused on how scholars are using sociological knowledge and research expertise to improve the lives of young people. Presenters will discuss their research findings as well as their practical scholar-activism leading to community interventions, organizational adaptations and policy changes.

Sub Unit

• Children/Youth/Adolescents

Session Organizer

• Maria Schmeeckle, Illinois State University

Presider

• Maria Schmeeckle, Illinois State University

Individual Presentations

• Innovating from within: Sociological perspectives on childhood obesity in the medical field - Anne Kathrin Scheer, SIU School of Medicine

• Integrating Intervention Approaches: Development and Initial Testing of an Early Childhood Education Intervention - Nancy L. Marshall, Wellesley College; Wendy Wagner Robeson, Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College

• It’s Not Called Recess Anymore: Break Time in Middle School - Rebecca London, University of California-Santa Cruz

• Precarious Living, Precarious Work: Negotiating Gendered Childhoods and Families in Delhi’s Informal Communities - Ragini Saira Malhotra, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Unaccompanied migrant children in Sicily: Caught between international and humanitarian ideals and nativist populism - Ravinder Barn; Roberta Di Rosa, University of Palermo