Social Justice for Children in the South

Children's Social Vulnerability and Social Justice in the South.- Social Justice as a State Policy: Children's Rights in South America.- Public Spending and Investment in Children: Measuring and Assessing Social and Economic Justice.- A Social Justice Perspective on Children's Well-Being: Considerations for Children's Rights in the Context of COVID-19.- The Daily Life of Children During the Confinement Stage due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.- Towards a Nuanced Understanding of Children's Participation and Realizing Social Justice in the Urban Realm: A Case Study in the Classroom with Ethnic Minority Children.- Child Soldiers as Victims or as Perpetrators? An Analysis of the Case of Colombia.- Adolescents' Expectations and Wellbeing Perceptions in Mumbai's Hinterland and its Slums. What Means 'To Become Someone' in Early XXI Century in Maharashtra?.- Children as Capable Agents and Citizen: Empowering Children and Youth Mario Biggeri and Caterina Arciprete.- Social Justice - from Potential To Practice. The Shared Benefit of Change for Children.

Graciela TononGraciela is a full professor of quality of life: theory and methodology and research methods in social sciences, director of the Research Center in Social Sciences (CICS-UP) at the School of Social Sciences of the Universidad de Palermo, Argentina. She is also full professor of community social work and children at risk and vulnerability, and director of the Social Institute of Social Sciences UNI-COM at the Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. She obtained her doctoral degree in political science (USAL, Argentina) with postdoctoral studies at the Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy, and a master's degree in political sciences (UMSAM, Argentina). She also has a bachelor's degree in Social Work. She has received the ISQOLS Distinguished Service Award for Substantial Contributing to a Better Understanding of Quality-of-Life Studies-2016.  She is the editor of the International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life Series, ISQOLS-Springer and the editor of the Book Review Section and member of the Policy Board of Applied Research in Quality of Life, ISQOLS-Springer.  She is also the director of the Journal de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina; vice-president of publications (2019-2022) of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies and secretary of the Human Development and Capability Association (2016-2022) and fellow (2014-2025). She is the author of 27 books in English and Spanish; she has written many scientific articles and book chapters and has given lectures at universities on five continents. She has also worked for 25 years as social worker with children living in conditions of abuse and poverty. She has recently been appointed as an instructor of the Child Indicator Certification Programme (ISQOLS-MIQOLS).