Publications

African Report on Child Wellbeing

The African Report on Childwellbeing, first published in 2008, has become a highly anticipated report used by governments, the AU,UN, African and international huan rights mechanisms, leading CSOs, experts and academics. The report also consistently mentioned in high-profile African and global media.Focusing on a different aspect of child rights and wellbeing, the ARCW aims to promote state accountability and to advance legal, policy and administrative recommendations to realise the UN Convention on the rights of the Child (CRC) and African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). 

The ARCW assesses the extent to which African governments are living up to their commitments to children and provides critical analyses of strengths and weaknesses of national efforts made to put in place child-sensitive laws and policies and effectively implement them. It has become the essential g0-to resource for all those working to promote child rights and wellbeing across Africa and beyond.

ARCW 2023: Justice Not Charity: African Governments Must End Child Poverty

Focuses on child poverty. Millions of children in Africa are still denied theor right to decent food, water,housing, education and health care. In 2019, for example, 228 million children were living in extreme poverty, representing over three-quarters of all the poor children in the world.

ARCW 2020: How friendly are African governments towards girls?

A comprehensive review and analyses of the state of African girls.

ACRW 2018: Progress in child-friendliness of African governments

The report revealed “Africa is sitting on a demographic time bomb.”

ACRW 2016: Getting It Right: Bridging the Gap between Policy and Practice

An exposure of gaps in legal, policy, administrative, human and financial resources.

ACRW 2013: Towards greater accountability to Africa’s children

A call for legal reform, investment and policy implementation.

ACRW 2011: Budgeting for Children

The report revealed government spending gaps and directly linked budgets to children’s wellbeing for the first time.

ACRW 2008: How child-friendly are African governments?

Included the first Child Friendliness Index which created the benchmark to monitor progress.