Child participation is one of the core principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC), which “asserts that children and young people have the right to freely express their views and that there is an obligation to listen to children’s views and to facilitate their participation in all matters affecting them within the family, schools, local communities, public services, institutions, government policy, and judicial procedures”.
Children’s Rights and meaningful child participation constitutes an integral part of the work of the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society. The Children’s Hub within the Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society is crucial to the implementation of this child participation process. It creates safe spaces encouraging and enabling children to have a voice, and at the same time help adults understand children’s issues through children’s perspectives.
