Children’s Experience, Participation, and Rights During COVID-19

This edited volume explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s rights, experiences, and participation. Drawing on contributions from scholars, policy advisors, psychologists, charities, and children themselves, the book highlights how the crisis has reshaped opportunities for children, particularly those from under-represented and vulnerable groups such as children with disabilities and housing-distressed children. By centering children’s voices, the text provides insights into how their perspectives can inform policies and practices to better support them during and beyond the pandemic.

Key Features:

• Child-Centered Perspective: Incorporates children’s own experiences, ideas, and recommendations for change.
• Focus on Vulnerable Groups: Highlights issues faced by children with disabilities, housing challenges, and displaced or refugee children.
• Interdisciplinary Contributions: Brings together research, policy, psychology, and social work insights.
• Rights and Participation: Emphasizes strategies to strengthen children’s agency and realization of rights.
• Series Context: Part of a mini-series examining COVID-19’s impact on children’s education, rights, and participation.