How child inclusive were Australia's responses to COVID-19?

Sharon Bessell*, Celia Vuckovic

*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    From March 2020, Australia introduced a range of policies to respond to COVID-19, most of which impacted significantly on the lives of children. This article applies a child-centred framework, developed from rights-based participatory research with children, to analyse how children have been represented in policy narratives around COVID-19 and the extent to which policy responses have been child-inclusive or child-centred. We argue that, overall, COVID-19 policy responses have failed to be child-inclusive or child-centred. This has important implications not only for understanding the impact of COVID-19 on children but also in understanding—and potentially rethinking—the place of children in policies as Australia emerges from COVID-19 restrictions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)194-211
    Number of pages18
    JournalAustralian Journal of Social Issues
    Volume58
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2023

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