Challenges for children’s participation: Child activism for ending child marriage

摘要: Abstract There is ever-increasing global and local attention to children’s participation rights. As activities have proliferated, so concerns about having an impact on decision-making. This article looks what can be learned conceptually practically from activism, where children actively changed decisions in their communities. examines one such example, groups of Bangladesh stopped the illegal marriages children. Research was undertake with two Child Forums, involving 36 child activists. Further interviews were undertaken girls whose had been adults who key roles as police officers civil servants. The analysis finds that: (1) legal context critical activists’ success, not because parents arrested but could mobilise officials; (2) activism collective rather than individual, supported by a nexus relationships; (3) successes depended persistent urgent activity, order other people’s actions. concludes that field should attend conceptual lessons its practical contributions in: recognising importance ‘shadow law’; building political capital, supporting spaces time for alongside educational demands.