Children's Rights & Safe Spaces

Topic
- Society
- Citizenship & human rights
Learning skills
- Self-management & future orientation
- Logical thinking
- Critical & reflective thinking
Activity type
- Group discussion
- Physical distancing
Materials
- Basic
- Printable downloads
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
- 15 - 17 years
- 18+ years
>15 minutes
2 - 4 players
Easy
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

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Everything you need to play this game

Bottle caps (green and red)
Coloured markers (green and red)
Children's Rights panel Download childrens-rights-panel.pdf (5.3mb)
BANGLA Translation Manual Download bangla-childrens-rights-and-safe-spaces-bangla.pdf (244.5kb)
HINDI Translation Manual Download hindi-childrens-rights-and-safe-spaces.pdf (234.2kb)
NEPALI Translation Manual Download nepali-childrens-right-and-safe-spaces.pdf (831.4kb)
PORTUGUESE Translation Manual Download portuguese-children-s-rights-and-safe-spaces.pdf (82.8kb)
SWAHILI Translation Manual Download swahili-childrens-rights-and-safe-spaces.pdf (618.7kb)

A step-by-step guide to play the game

Divide the group of players into two teams.

Each group takes a look at the dogs representing the children's rights. The group writes down the children's rights linked to each symbol.

After identifying the different children's rights, each group gets a green and a red bottle cap. The educator picks one of the children's rights, and asks group 1 to look for two situations on the panel.

One where the chosen right is respected: the group puts a green bottle cap on this situation and explains to the educator why the right is respected.
One where the chosen right is violated: the group puts a red bottle cap on this situation and explains to the educator why the right is violated.

If the group manages to find two situations, they will receive one point. Then, the other group will do the same activity with one of the other children's rights. The game ends when all the rights are covered.

Afterwards, there is the option to link the activity to the topic of safe spaces. For example:

In which places are most of the rights respected? Why?
In which places are most of the rights violated? Why?
What makes you feel safe and protected? Where do you feel safe?
How is this linked to children's rights?

Extra game information

The dogs in the circles depicted around the discussion panel represent one of the children's rights. The rights depicted are:

Right to an identity
Right to education
Right to choose friends and join and set u groups
Right to food, clothing and a safe place to live
Right to love & care
Right to play & relax
Right to information from different media
Right to be protected from violence, abuse & neglect
Right to legal help and fair treatment in the justice system
Right to freedom of expression
Right to protection & freedom from war
Right to equality & non-discrimination
Right to freedom of religion
Right to the best health care possible

Variations

Have a poll in order to discuss which children's right is considered the most important. For each vote a right gets, draw a line next to the corresponding dog icons. Later on, the votes are counted and the winning right is proclaimed.

Specific learning objectives

Recognise the positive aspects as well as the violations of children's rights.
Being able to recognize and distinguish between the different children's rights.

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