The report Participation is protection – embedding children’s rights in Nordic crisis governance, emphasises the importance of including children and young people in emergency preparedness work and decision-making processes that affect them. The Nordic Welfare Centre collaborates with the Nordic Ombudsmen for Children to produce child-friendly versions of the report in the Nordic languages. The report will be launched at a webinar on 21 October.
Topics to be presented and discussed
- A Nordic analysis of children’s right to be heard in times of crisis
- Children’s own perspectives
- The countries’ experiences of youth participation in crises
- Recommendations for the Nordic countries and for Nordic co-operation
The webinar will be held in Scandinavian languages and English.
Presenters
- Director Samuel Engblom, Nordic Welfare Centre
- Professor Emerita Kirsten Sandberg
- Bente Boserup, Chair of the Danish National Council for Children
- Elina Pekkarinen, Ombudsman for Children, Finland
- Ditte Enemark Sølbeck, Acting Head of Secretariat, MIO, Greenland
- Salvör Nordal, Ombudsman for Children, Iceland
- Mina Gerhardsen, Ombudsperson for Children, Norway
- Juno Blom, Ombudsman for Children, Sweden
- Sanna Roos, Ombudsman for Children, Åland
Moderated by Merethe Løberg, Senor Adviser, Nordic Welfare Centre
