Theory of Change for Making Children's Rights Real in Scotland : Evidence Paper no.1 - Policy

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Davidson, Jennifer and Wright, Jane (2022) Theory of Change for Making Children's Rights Real in Scotland : Evidence Paper no.1 - Policy. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to summarise the best available evidence on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in Scotland through “policy adaptation, coordination, administrative integration and budgetary consideration”. Part One summarises the evidence on specific child rights non-legal measures drawn from the child rights literature. As there is currently a lack of available evidence that directly links children’s rights-based approaches with improved outcomes for children and young people,1 this paper also extends this scope to include the wider public governance literature. Given governments’ central role and international accountability on CRC implementation, insights to governments are offered in Part Two, which identifies the primary elements of effective whole-of-government approaches that nurture a whole-of-nation’s efforts in achieving change with and for children. It has formed the basis of a commissioned report, commissioned by the Scottish Government, written by the Observatory of Children’s Human Rights Scotland, Matter of Focus and Public Health Scotland, to lead a collaborative effort to develop a Theory of Change for the process of UNCRC implementation in Scotland. The work took place between November 2021 and March 2022.

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Davidson, Jennifer ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8404-9033 and Wright, Jane;
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