Los niños y niñas no son menores: Promoción de los derechos de niños y niñas desde un enfoque social participativo proyecto de investigación proyección social, pastoral universitario y el área de humanidades

Abstract

The violence that affects and undermines the rights of children is a social phenomenon evident in the history and across cultures. Their demonstra- tions take on meanings and significance from the social representations and the dynamics of power that legitimized. The growing concern felt, and informed by various disciplines, about the importance of ensuring the full development of the child and the child and their access to the rights proclaimed in the 1989 Convention, to promote the social and human development in all nations, has led to new laws in the country and likewise has had greater influence in the formulation of public policies regarding children and adolescents. However, the existence of such regulations is no guarantee of a change in social practices that even in the XXI century have not been changed in relation to the treatment and recognition of the dignity of children and adolescents. It is therefore essential that the university is committed to the process of transforming the practice of violence towards children, reaching from the research and social outreach for the voice and the reality of children is heard and viewed, and to be the children themselves who build and propose new forms of relationship and recognition of their particularity.