Abstract

FAVARATO, Cláudia  and  SEIXAS, Paulo Castro. Human rights and the situation of children and education in Guinea Bissau: Pathways to “Universalism of Arrival”. População e Sociedade [online]. 2020, n.34, pp.37-52.  Epub Dec 01, 2021. ISSN 0873-1861.

This article presents a brief diagnosis of the situation of children and education in the context of Guinea-Bissau. Structural factors stand out, both state-based and socio-cultural, and two case studies are specified: that of irân-children and that of talibé children. Since this situation is detrimental in terms of human rights, the relationship between these rights and the reality experienced is discussed. In addition to the dichotomy between universalism and cultural relativism, it is proposed, in the wake of other authors, the possibilities of an “arrival universalism” through incrementalism, the confrontation of ethnocentrisms and a wide and authentic participation. It is also proposed the need to take into account new frameworks of life in international regions that allow this polygraph, implying a particular attention to the overlap of “ecumenes” its mapping and relationship with diplomacy.

Keywords : Children; Human Rights; Right to Education; Guinea-Bissau; human trafficking; Ecumene.

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