Collection of drawings made by children/young people accompanied by the IAC-Projecto Rua sector. The vast majority of drawings were produced during leisure activities and others were conceived in other places, such as vacation spaces. Houses, animals and aspects of nature, along with the human figure, appear in many of the drawings and are wealth that belongs to the knowledge each child possesses and that, with this publication, the IAC helps to preserve.
Rights are what every child needs to be happy, healthy and feel safe, and adults like your parents, teachers or the government of your country should provide you with opportunities to enjoy your rights. This leaflet talks about your Rights listed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child concerning the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and other threats to children. Children like you helped to write this booklet so that you understand and discover how you can get the protection and care you are entitled to. The Convention has 4 General Principles that must be applied to all the Rights of the Child. Click to read.
Poem by Matilde Rosa Araújo and illustrations by students from EB1 nº 101 and Kindergarten of Alvalade. Click to read.
This document proposes the adoption of legislative measures that clarify the legal concept of the “best interests of the child”, which, for example, would allow the legal consecration of the child’s right to preserve their deep psychological connections and the continuity of affective relationships that are felt as gratifying and in their interest. Authored by the Executive President of the IAC, it relied on the contribution of people accredited in the area of the Rights of the Child. It was delivered by the IAC Board to the President of the Assembly of the Republic, in April 2008. Click to read.
This work aimed at parents, educators, teachers, students and other education professionals helps to make known the importance of toy libraries as spaces for culture and education, spaces that are an indispensable school complement and that are of vital importance in the education of the child. The author has supervised numerous courses on the organization of toy libraries at the main universities and training centers for educators in Spain, Portugal and Mexico.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Children’s Literature Grand Prize, established to consecrate the literary unity and quality of work dedicated to children’s literature, was awarded, in the 1987/88 biennium, to António Torrado. At the award ceremony, the writer read out a communication in which he pays homage to the contribution of the writers who preceded him in the Grand Prix. It is the testimony by António Torrado that appears in this book edited by the IAC and which also represents a contribution to the retrospective evaluation of the Children’s Literature Meetings held from 1980 onwards.
This work brings together facts and illustrations from the life of Professor Maria de Lourdes Levy, dedicated to Medicine and Paediatrics, both as a teacher and doctor. The love with which she dedicated herself to social solidarity institutions, such as the IAC, testifies to her commitment to the social dissemination of issues related to Health and Education in Childhood. The collection of texts, photographs and documents, in addition to portraying such a full life, clearly demonstrates how much she has contributed to the cause of the Portuguese Child.
The Blue Book is aimed at younger children and its main purpose is to raise awareness, inform and provide some strategies on such a sensitive issue and of which, unfortunately, so many children are victims. It helps them understand what might be happening to them or someone close to them, what is right or wrong and how to ask for help. In this atypical period that we are all experiencing and which leads us to social isolation, there are concerns about the most vulnerable children who are far from the eyes of those who could protect them. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, in its article 19, says that all children must be protected against abuse and neglect. We leave here the appeal for all of us to always remember this, not only in April – international month for the prevention of child abuse, but during every month and every day of the year. And now, more than ever, we all have the obligation to be the protectors of these Children who depend on us to defend them! Click to read.
