This Special Report is a joint ISPCAN/Save the Children publication covering several important aspects of how children can and should participate in their own lives. The article titles are:

• Involving Children in Advocacy – What Does it Mean?
• Strengthening Children’s Participation in Community-based Child Protection Structures and Mechanisms
• Youth Participation and the Children’s Ombudsman of France
• UN Study on Violence and Child Participation
• Youth Participation in Research
• Child Participation – The Challenges for child Protection Workers
• UNICEF Principles and Guidelines for Ethical Media Reporting on Children