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CHILDREN’S VIEWS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (CRC). THE CASE OF CHILDREN IN STATE CARE, MALAYSIA. Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah (Ph.D) Department of Social Administration & Justice, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Pathmanathan a/l Nallasammy
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CHILDREN’S VIEWS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (CRC). THE CASE OF CHILDREN IN STATE CARE, MALAYSIA Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah (Ph.D) Department of Social Administration & Justice, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Pathmanathan a/l Nallasammy Senior Welfare Officer Social Welfare Department, Malaysia
THE 2010 STUDY • Intention of the study was to identify types of children rights, suggested by the CRC, that is either being implemented or not implemented by the Children Homes, from the children perspectives. • Face to face interview, using a structured piloted questionnaire; namely the “CRC implementation study of 2010” was conducted. • This study involves all 424 children of 13-18 age years old, both genders, and from all believes, who are being detained in the Children Homes, nationwide. Profiles of them are display in Table 1.
Table 2: Implementation of child rights to life, Children Homes – Malaysia
Table 3: Implementation of child rights to development, Children Homes - Malaysia
Table 4 : Implementation of child rights to protection, Children Homes - Malaysia
Table 6: Inclusion of a child rights to protection in the process of case management
CONCLUSION • A rights-oriented approach is an influential empowerment tool for children who are in the care of the state. • Child welfare system of Malaysia and/or child care institutions of Malaysia needs to adapt with the perspective. • They need to be guided with a balance combination of needs and rights • They also need to be equipped with strategies to respond to unforeseen challenges in any effort to hybrid the children’s needs and rights. • Only then, most of the rights suggested by the CRC can be delivered properly by the children institutions, and can be enjoyed by children.