The theme selected by the African Committee for the celebration of the DAC in 2017 is “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for children in Africa: Accelerating protection, empowerment, and equal opportunity”. DAC was instituted in 1991 by the Assembly of Heads of
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Newsletter: From Evidence to Action
child participation
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This new, flagship report looks at the situation of children living in poverty in countries around the world, shining a light on the drivers of child poverty and exploring why it persists, even in some of the wealthiest places.
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This is a discussion (originally posted in the Gender and Evaluation community) led by Rituu B Nanda regarding Laura Hughston's report which presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing
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Latest findings on how children are portrayed in the media from Media Monitoring Africa
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‘Cities and children: The challenge of urbanisation in Tanzania’ stresses that, while national development plans and policies give strong attention to the country’s rural areas, children growing up in urban areas merit greater attention than they have received so far.
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As the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) comes to an end in 2015, a new framework for global development will be put in place.
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How do children see their rights affected by digital media and tools?
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A principled framework for children and young people’s participation as valued citizens and learners. This collection of tools and resources are designed to support and empower children and young people’s participation as active citizens and learners.
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A quick guide for members of parliament, management of legislature and members of municipal councils to support the involvement and voice of children in oversight.
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The report provides a global overview of alcohol consumption in relation to public health (Chapter 1) as well as information on: the consumption of alcohol in populations (Chapter 2); the health consequences of alcohol consumption (Chapter 3); and policy responses at national level (Chapter 4).
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PAN: Children from time to time invites experts in the child rights sector to write Opinion Pieces on specific topics to stimulate debate. This piece discusses the role of performing arts in furthering the rights of children in South Africa.
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The Child Labour Programme of Action (CLPA) is South Africa’s roadmap towards the prevention, reduction and eventual elimination of child labour.
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The Roadmap specifically calls on governments to “assess the impact of relevant policies on the worst forms of child labour, taking into account gender and age, put in place preventive and time-bound measures and make adequate financial resources available to fight the worst forms of child labour
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This guide examines of modern responses to child labour as embodied in policy and legislation.
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The IPEC project “Tackling child labour through education” (TACKLE) was jointly launched by the European Commission (EC) and the ILO with the support of the Secretariat of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in 2008 to fight child labour in 12 ACP countries (Angola, Fiji, Guya
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The ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) Implementation Report 2014 provides a summary of the work of the Programme during the biennium 2012-2013.
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This new report is the first in a series to be published annually by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. It brings together research on child labour and social protection, identifying policies that are designed to achieve multiple social goals.
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New report on domestic work within the framework of the two ILO fundamental conventions on child labour. It provides detailed information on current data regarding the estimated number of child domestic workers worldwide.
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This fact sheet is an update to the global estimates on child domestic work 2008.
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This is the fourth issue of the ILO’s report series: Global Estimates on child labour. The present Report provides new global and regional estimates on child labour for the year 2012 and compares them with the previous estimates for 2000, 2004 and 2008.
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This publication is a companion volume of the "Children in Hazardous Work: What we know, what we need to
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Dignity is a foundational value in South Africa’s Constitution and is also experienced as a psycho-social phenomenon. Dimensions of dignity were explored with almost two hundred low income female caregivers and the impact of poverty on dignity was examined.
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The child support grant is social assistance paid for children living with low income caregivers.
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This study explored lone mothers’ experiences of social security in South Africa in terms of whether it protects and respects their dignity. Interviews were undertaken with almost two hundred low income lone mothers and the impact on dignity was examined.
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Fact Sheet: Generation 2030 Africa Report - On current trends, almost 2 billion babies will be born in Africa in the nex
