Cultural Barriers in Involving Children in Development Planning The Case of Surakarta Children Forum

DOI

10.2991/icpm-16.2016.127How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Children participation, Children Forum, Development Planning, Cultural values

Abstract

Convention on Children Right mandates that children voice should be accommodated in development plan. In 2016, 52 Children Forums have been established in Surakarta City serving as a child participation medium, but in reality Children Forum has not been fully involved in Deliberation of Development Planning. This research wanted to find out the factors inhibiting child participation in development planning. This study was a qualitative research. Informants were selected purposively consisting of the Surakarta Regional Development Planning Board and the Agency for Community Empowerment, Women and Child Protection; builders of Children Forum; as well as the members of the Children Forum. Data analysis using interactive model of analysis encompassing : data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The result of research found that Children Forum was involved in development planning at village level only not at City level. The voice of Children Forum has not been realized into pro-children program. It was because of internal condition such as children's low awareness of their rights, low communication and decision making abilities, and less self-confidence. External condition resulted in it as well, cultural values establishing adults (parents, community and local government apparatus)'s point of view about the importance of children participation in development.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Sri Yuliani
AU  - Rahesli Humsona
AU  - Rina Herlina Haryanti
PY  - 2016/07
DA  - 2016/07
TI  - Cultural Barriers in Involving Children in Development Planning The Case of Surakarta Children Forum
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Public Management (ICPM 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 470
EP  - 472
SN  - 2352-5428
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