{"id":2698,"date":"2019-04-10T13:33:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2019-04-10T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:33:24","slug":"some-news-from-the-33rd-ordinary-session-of-the-african-committee-of-experts-on-the-rights-and-welfare-of-the-child-acerwc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/childrens-ryt-highlight\/some-news-from-the-33rd-ordinary-session-of-the-african-committee-of-experts-on-the-rights-and-welfare-of-the-child-acerwc\/","title":{"rendered":"Some news from the 33rd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-2728 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-300x146.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271334%27%20height%3D%27649%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201334%20649%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271334%27%20height%3D%27649%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-200x97.jpg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-400x194.jpg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-500x243.jpg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-600x292.jpg 600w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-700x340.jpg 700w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-800x389.jpg 800w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-1200x583.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190319_164614-1536x747.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year, the 33rd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) took place between 13th and 20th March 2019. The Trust Child Rights team took part in the sessions which focused on;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consideration of five (5) state party reports from the following State Parties; Benin, Eswatini, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal on the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC),<\/li>\n<li>Day of General Discussion on Online Child Sexual Exploitation,<\/li>\n<li>Panel Discussion on Children affected by armed conflict ,<\/li>\n<li>Consideration of communications or complaints on child rights violations,<\/li>\n<li>Consideration of observer status,<\/li>\n<li>Report on the theme of the Day of the African Child (DAC) 2020, and launching of the continental study on children on the Move.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In line with the provisions of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and Africa\u2019s Agenda for Children &#8211; 2040, Graca Machel Trust continue to amplify children\u2019s voice through direct engagement with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Children (ACERWC).\u00a0 At the\u00a0 Committee session, the Trust\u2019s\u00a0 sensitized the Committee about the alarming number of Out of School Children in Africa, which is estimated to 9 million; and further urged the Committee to request member states to pay urgent attention to this emerging challenging.\u00a0 In addition, the Trust pledged its commitment to support the Committee to maximize the effective use of the Child Rights Complaints mechanism by Children, Civil Society Organisations and National Human Rights Institutions through its capacity building initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>See below our statement to the Committee:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement by the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust to the 33rd Session of the African Committee of Experts on <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In line with the Global trends and moving towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030, the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust would like to make the following commitments to the Committee:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust, we have noted with great concern that there are at least 9 million Out of School girls in Africa. Madam Chair, this poses a serious threat to the Continent\u2019s social, economic and political development. As the Trust we will continue to use our convening powers to contribute towards the reduction of the number of Out of School Children in Africa. However, we also urge the Committee to ensure that Member States pay much attention to this emerging challenge.<\/li>\n<li>Madam Chair, Malnutrition remains one of the key concerns in Africa, thus as the Trust, we have initiated #3in3 Nutrition Campaign, primarily to ensure that the nine African countries which are highly affected by this challenge, increase their respective National Nutrition Budget allocation by 3% in the next 3 years, notably 2018 \u2013 2021. Once again, we urge the Committee to support in monitoring the implementation of this commitment primarily to improve the wellbeing of the African Child.<\/li>\n<li>Through our continued work and partnership with Save the Children International Regional Programming Unit (RPU) and the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI), we remain committed to supporting the African Committee of Experts in maximizing the effective use of the Committee\u2019s complaints mechanisms by children, CSOs and NHRIs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We would like to congratulate the Committee for successfully hosting the 33rd session and we remain committed to supporting the Committee in translating the rights of the African child into a reality.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/childrens-rights\/\">Read more on our work with children here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This year, the 33rd Ordinary Session of the African  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childrens-ryt-highlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}