Advocating for children's rights as an aspect of professionalism: The role of frontline workers and children's rights commissions

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 405-423

  Grover, Sonja ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child advocacy; Child and youth care; Children's rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; International Declaration on Human Rights Defenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744403966     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-004-5264-8     Document Type: Article

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