The Voices of Children and Young People in Africa
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REWIND RWD << 2003 - 2013 The Voices of 126 million contacts Children and Young People in Africa GIVING A VOICE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WORLDWIDE The Global Network of Child Helplines: African memberships as of April 2013 Current members in Africa - 30 members in 27 countries Associate members Full childhelpline members: 23 members in 23 countries Associate childhelpline members: 7 members in 5 countries • Childline Botswana Botswana • Association Mauritanienne de la Santé de la • Plan Benin (USHAHIDI) Benin • Direction Generale de L’Encadrement et de la Mère et de l’EnfantAMSME Mauritania • OCPM (L’Office Central de Protection des Protection d L’Enfant et de L’Adolescent • Halley Movement Mauritius Mineurs, de la famille et de la lutte contre la (Ministere de L’Action Sociale et de la Solidarite • Lihna Fala Crianca Mozambique traite des êtres humains) Benin Nationale) Burkina Faso • LifeLine/ChildLine Namibia Namibia • Defense for Children International (DCI) • Bureau International Catholique de l’Enfance • Human Development Intiatives - HDI Nigeria Cameroon Cameroon (BICE) - Cote d’Ivoire Cote d’Ivoire • Centre GINDDI Senegal • War Child UK (Tukinge Watoto) DRC • Enhancing Child Focused Activities - (ECFA) • Don Bosco Fambul Sierra Leone • War Child Holland DRC Ethiopia • Childline South Africa South Africa • Direction de la police Judiciaire (Brigade • Child and Environmental Development Association • Ministry of Education Toll-Free Line des Mœurs) Madagascar (CEDAG) Gambia Swaziland • Child Helpline Tanzania Tanzania • Association Guinéenne d’Assistance Sociale • Allo 1011 (Ministère de l’Action Sociale et de (AGUIAS) Guinee Conakry la Solidarité Nationale) Togo • Childline Kenya Kenya • Uganda Child Rights NGO Network - UCRNN • Childline Lesotho Lesotho Uganda • Association Serasera Fanantenana Madagascar • Lifeline/Childline Zambia Zambia • Tithandizane Child Helpline/YONECO Malawi Malawi • Childline Zimbabwe Zimbabwe << AFRICA >> 2000 Nkosi Johnson (11 years) delivers a heartfelt speech at the 13th 1986 1991 1999 International AIDS 2001 2001 ‘Child Line South Africa’ The Day of the African The African Charter on Conference in July, in The African Union The African Committee is the first child helpline Child is launched and the Rights and Welfare which he calls for the (AU) replaces the of Experts on the Rights to be established in the celebrated on 16th June of the Child enters into destigmatisation of HIV/ Organisation of the and Welfare of the Child region. every year. force. AIDS. African Unity (OAU). is established in July. 1989 2003 2004 2005 ✱ 2007 2008 The Convention on the CHI’s Mission: to respond CHI has grown to 74: The first Regional CHI starts its second International Child Rights of the Child is to children in need of care 64 full members and Consultation in MENA is strategic period. The Helpline Day is celebrated adopted. and protection and voice 10 associate members held in Cairo, Egypt. network has three for the first time under their concerns to policy and by the end of the year; objectives: Advocate for the theme Towards a 1996 decision-makers. 27 child helplines ✱ 2006 better child protection Regional and Global The first international were from developing For the first time, child services, increase Number. (CHI) meeting of child 2003 countries. helplines in the CHI recognition of children’s helplines is held in Venice, CHI’s Vision: A world where network received more voices by creating 2008 Italy. technology allows children 2004 than 12 million contacts awareness about child The Fourth International to be heard one by one and CHI submits its first from children and young helplines and establish Consultation is held in 2001 through their voices shape recommendation to people (12.4 million). Amman, Jordan International meeting of a global network of child the world and realize their the Committee on the helplines. (17 – 19 November). child helplines in Pune, India rights. Rights of the Child. 2006 ignites the idea of a Global The CHI network grows to 2007 2008 ✱ ✱ Network: Child Helpline 2004 2005 88 member child helplines The CHI network grows to The ITU issues a statement International (CHI). The first Regional The International in 76 countries (associate 91 child helpline members on the allocation of Consultations are held Telecommunications and full members) and short toll free numbers, ✱ (full and associate). 2003 in Africa, Americas and Union and CHI sign worked in another 58 preferably 116 111 to Child Helpline International Caribbean, Asia Pacific a Memorandum of countries to establish 2007 child helplines. is founded in Amsterdam and Europe. Understanding. child helplines. CHI publishes its with 49 child helpline first Violence Against 2008 members in 46 countries. 2004 2005 2006 Children follow-up report Nearly 30% of all contacts The most common reasons In this year, child help- The Third International (November 2007). to child helplines worldwide for contact with a child lines in the CHI network Consultation of child were about abuse and helpline ‘surface from data’: received over 10.6 million helplines is held in ✱ 2008 violence. Other common reason related to ‘peer contacts from children Stockholm, Sweden CHI celebrates its fifth issues that children and relationships’, followed and young people. (1 – 4 October). anniversary. young people wanted to by ‘abuse and violence’, talk about were family ‘psycho-social and mental 2005 2006 2008 relations and peer health’ and ‘sexuality and The Second Inter national Child helplines are The CHI network grows relations. sexual awareness’. Consultation of child recommended as a tool to 99 full members helplines is held in to create child-friendly in 88 countries and Amsterdam, reporting mechanisms 27 associate members The Netherlands in the United Nations in 27 countries. (20 -23 March). Violence Against Children Report in overall Recommendation 8. << WORLD >> 2008 2012 The fourth African The 2012 International regional Consultation Consultation is held in is held in Windhoek, Africa (Durban, South Namibia. Africa). 2001 2005 2006 The African Committee The first Africa Regional The second Africa 2007 2009 2011 2012 of Experts on the Rights Consultation meeting is Regional Consultation The third African The fifth African The sixth African Child Rights Network and Welfare of the Child held in Johannesburg, is held in Durban, South Regional Consultation is Regional Consultation is Regional Consultation is for Southern Africa is is established in July. South Africa. Africa. held in Entebbe, Uganda. held in Blantyre, Malawi. held in Nairobi, Kenya launched. 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 ✱ 2012 The CHI network grows Plan International and The number of contacts The North American Abuse and violence was an CHI publishes its to 108 full members in 92 CHI sign a Memorandum of received by child helplines Alliance of Child Helplines is issue for one in five of the fifth Violence Against countries and 27 associate Understanding to start a tops 13.6 million. The established (May 2010). children who contacted Children Report which members in 27 countries. pilot project on Violence in number of visits to websites child helplines around 2010 is launched by Marta Schools. increases rapidly to 3.8 the world. Other common Santos Pais, United 2009 million visits in 2010. CHI signs a Memorandum issues children and Child helplines in the CHI 2009 of Understanding with Nations Secretary young people wanted to General’s Special network receive 12.6 million The role of child helplines to 2010 Aflatoun and the BeCause discuss were psycho-social Representative on contacts from children and fulfill children’s Right To be Most common reasons for Foundation. mental health (17%), peer young people. Heard is recognized in the contact were abuse and Violence Against ✱ 2011 relationships (15%) and Committee on the Rights of violence (19%), psycho-social family relationships (11%). Children in Paris, France 2009 the Child General Comment mental health (17%) and The CHI network grows (25 January). Children and young people on article 12: peer relationships (15%). to 114 full members in 98 2011 most commonly wanted to “… to establish easy access to countries and 41 associate The CHI network starts its 2012 talk about psycho-social individuals or organizations 2010 members in 40 countries. third strategic period. Its CHI network grows mental health (19%), to which they can report CHI improves its data objectives are to: establish to 167 member child abuse and violence (19%), collection questionnaire to 2011 helplines in 135 in confidence and safety, The number of contacts more child helplines, peer relationships (15%), including through telephone add a gender dimension. strengthen the network countries. sexuality and sexual that child helplines in the helplines, and to provide 2010 network receive continues and use child helpline ✱ 2013 awareness and family places where children can information to strengthen relationships (both 10%). The Fourth International to grow to 17.3 million. In ten years, child contribute their experience Consultation of Child Another 4.3 million visits to national child protection helplines received 126 2009 and views on combating Helplines is held in Madrid, child helpline websites are systems worldwide. million contacts from CHI contributes to violence against children.” Spain (25 – 27 October). registered. children and young the deve lop ment of people. ✱ 2010 2010 the International The CHI network grows Telecommunication Union’s CHI’s soul statement