ABSTRACT
Despite Brazil ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1990, children and young people today still experience discrimination, stigmatisation and social exclusion, especially those living in poverty or who are otherwise vulnerable. Drawing on empirical evidence from northeast Brazil, this article discusses how social identities and inequalities intersect and affect children and young people’s right to participate within contexts of generational difference and power disparities. Within this landscape, power, voice and agency in relation to young people’s participation and the intersection between multifaceted social identities and complex environments are explored.
