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LEADING ARTICLE
Human rights
Discrimination against children
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr E Webb
Senior Lecturer in Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, UK; webbev@cf.ac.uk
Developing a conceptual framework
Keywords: discrimination; value conflicts; childism
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In the last few decades in Britain successive acts of parliament have attempted to tackle discrimination and promote equality of opportunities for women, members of ethnic minority communities, and disabled people. Currently there is discussion about eradicating "ageism", including within health services, although this term is used only to describe discrimination against older people.1 One group—children—despite experiencing profound discrimination within society, are omitted from the general equality debate. Indeed many would think it ridiculous to include them. In fact, as will be illustrated in this paper, children experience significant discrimination, from both individuals and institutions. This discrimination affects both their health and the quality and delivery of child health services.
There was a growing and global commitment to the promotion of children’s rights in the last half of the twentieth century, culminating in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and the establishment of
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