Unfeartie Manifesto

Our aspiration is to harness curiosity, connect individuals, build capacities and create a movement of Unfearties who are empowered to make children’s human rights a reality in Scotland (and beyond).

1. Children have human rights
   Children have human rights, and we will actively seek their ideas to help shape our work.
2. Happiness, love, and understanding
   Children should grow up in an atmosphere of happiness, love, and understanding.
3. Rights-based relationships
   We promote human rights-based relationships so our work with children is underpinned by the values of trust, kindness, empathy, and respect for human dignity.
4. Everyday behaviours makes a difference
   We believe that our everyday attitudes, behaviours, and practice can contribute to making rights a reality for children.
5. A movement can make changes
   We want to grow a movement of adult Unfearties who actively stand up for and promote children’s human rights resulting in real changes.
6. Empowering
   We are committed to empowering all adults, individually and collectively, to adopt a children’s human rights approach in daily life.
7. Everyone
   We believe that every adult has the potential to be an Unfeartie through collaboration and connection with others.
8. Inspiring
   We hope to. inspire other people to raise awareness if the importance of children’s human rights.
9. Changing hearts and minds
   We believe that together we can change hearts and minds. to create a nation (and beyond) that values children and their human rights.