Children’s rights, voices, and perspectives – Page 4 – Children’s Voices Conference 2026 (CVC2026)

CVC2026-656 – Children’s voices through materials: Identity, clay, and meaning-making in early childhood

Jasmine Crane, Educational Leader, Australia

CVC2026-656 – Children’s voices through materials: Identity, clay, and meaning-making in early childhood View Presentation

CVC2026-655 – Pragmatic experiential education and democratic learning environments for youth

SDG-04 / Children's health and disability, Children's learning and activities, Children's rights, voices, and perspectives, Presentations

Will Dobud, Charles Sturt University, Australia

CVC2026-655 – Pragmatic experiential education and democratic learning environments for youth View Presentation

CVC2026-654 – Negotiating agency and rights: Consent practices with infants and toddlers in ECEC settings

SDG-04, SDG-10, SDG-16 / Children's rights, voices, and perspectives, Presentations

Sonia Sin, Macquarie University, Australia

CVC2026-654 – Negotiating agency and rights: Consent practices with infants and toddlers in ECEC settings View Presentation

CVC2026-653 – Children with disabilities’ views and experiences of engaging with the health sector: Scoping review

SDG-03, SDG-10 / Children's health and disability, Children's inclusion, Children's rights, voices, and perspectives, Presentations

Kate Freire, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Kathryn Crowe, Charles Sturt University, Australia; University of Iceland, Iceland; Suzanne C. Hopf, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Sharynne McLeod, Children’s Voices Centre, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Cyrena Hunt-Madden, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Kristen Andrews, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Mehdi Rassafiani, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Natalie Ellis, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Cherie Zischke, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Lindsay Smith, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Lysa Dealtry, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Sarah Verdon, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Claudio Dionigi, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Mélanie Gréaux, World Health Organization, Switzerland

CVC2026-653 – Children with disabilities’ views and experiences of engaging with the health sector: Scoping review View Presentation

CVC2026-651 – Drawing belonging: Refugee and migrant children’s voices of starting early childhood and primary school in Aotearoa New Zealand

SDG-04, SDG-10, SDG-17 / Children's rights, voices, and perspectives, Presentations

Hazel Woodhouse, University of Waikato, New Zealand; Sally Peters, University of Waikato, New Zealand

CVC2026-651 – Drawing belonging: Refugee and migrant children’s voices of starting early childhood and primary school in Aotearoa New Zealand View Presentation

CVC2026-686 – Equitable start: Accessible early learning and childcare for survivors of gender-based violence

SDG-04, SDG-10, SDG-17 / Children's inclusion, Children's rights, voices, and perspectives, Children's services workforce and policy, Presentations

Lisa Lalonde, Algonquin College of Applied Arts, Canada; Barbara Leigh Golden, Algonquin College of Applied Arts, Canada; Jade Groom-Pike, Andrew Fleck Children’s Services, Canada

CVC2026-686 – Equitable start: Accessible early learning and childcare for survivors of gender-based violence View Presentation