COUNTRY OVERARCHING DEFINITION OF THE CHILD IN AFRICA Article 1: For the purposes of this Ordinance, every human being under eighteen years is a child and shall be registered immediately after birth. Mauritius 18 years (conditional definition ) Child Protection Act, 1995 Section 2: “child” means any unmarried person under the age of 18.

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) is an independent, not-for-profit, Pan-African institute of policy research and dialogue on the African child. ACPF was established with the conviction that putting children first on the public agenda is fundamental for the realisation of their rights and wellbeing and for bringing about lasting social and ...

Generally, child poverty in Africa including South Sudan is a result of multiple factors. These include: • Lack of good governance, gross inefficiency and corruption • Poor accountability at all levels • Non-inclusive budgeting processes, and • Absence of financial and economic policies that are pro-poor and sensitive to children.

Measuring the child-friendliness (and, more recently, the girl-friendliness) of African governments is essential for keeping track of progress, or lack of it. Most governments in Africa have formally ratified various international and regional instruments such as the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Convention on ...

ACPF’s publications cover a broad range of themes on the rights and wellbeing of children in Africa. The scope of the ACPF’s publications include; governments’ accountability to children, children and the law, accessing justice for children, child poverty, the situation of the most vulnerable children, including those with disabilities, child-headed households.

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The International Policy Conference on the African Child (IPC) is a major event aimed at promoting policy dialogue and providing a platform for leading thinkers, policy makers, practitioners and activists to positively engage and interact on the challenges facing children in Africa and the policy choices that governments could consider to promote children’s rights and …

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Generally, child poverty in Africa including Cameroon is a result of multiple factors. These include: • Lack of good governance, gross inefficiency and corruption • Poor accountability at all levels • Non-inclusive budgeting processes, and • Absence of financial and economic policies that are pro-poor and sensitive to children.

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