Author: Saiddy

Capacity building

Thirty-seven (37) with (15) females and (22) males from eighteen (18) Civil Society organisations (CSOs) had their capacity built on UPR reporting guidelines, Monitoring children’s rights, treaty and charter-based reporting Mechanisms

Monitoring teams

Twelve (12) monitoring teams comprising six (6) monitoring teams of children and six (6) adult community monitoring teams formed in Lusaka and Mongu districts.

Training

Ninety-two (92) children (42 boys and 50 girls) and ninety-five (95) adults (48) male and (47) females trained in the child rights framework and monitoring of children’s rights in Lusaka and Mongu.

Training

Forty-two (42) adults and Eighty-six (86) children were trained in the child rights framework and community monitoring of children’s rights.

National Security and Foreign Affairs

Submission of position paper before the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs On the review of the Administration and Operations of the Zambia Police Service.

Expanded Planning and Budgeting Committee

Submission of position paper before the Expanded Planning and Budgeting Committee: Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for Financial Year Ending 31st December 2023.

Assessment process

Eighty-four (84) children (44-M-40F) participated in the assessment process thereby contributing to children expressing their views in matters affecting them.

Child Protection Policies

Five (5) businesses signed commitment letters and Child Protection Policies.

Advocacy

Formation of the first ever technical working group in Mansa where GFC further oriented stakeholders on CRBP and presented their action plan clearly indicating the support needed from the stakeholders also indicating which CRBPs the CSOs would need businesses to mainstream. This was the first TWG in Mansa district aside from the one in Nchelenge…
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Advocacy

Under CRBP, Group Focused Consultations held a stakeholder meeting to guide other key stakeholders such as traditional leaders where the senior headman Chinananda was in attendance, including representatives from other CSOs and Government line ministries who were in turn oriented on CRBPs The chief presides over thirteen (13) headmen under Mulenshi ward in Mansa district