Message from the President of AMC - Mr Mohamadou Lamine Cissé
I would like to first take this opportunity to congratulate the new Leadership of the African Union, with H.E. Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat as its Chairperson. A warm welcome and congratulations to the newly elected Commissioner for Social Affairs, H.E. Ms Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil! The AMC, a pan-African network of over 120 organisations working on children’s issues, looks forward to supporting the AU’s efforts in the protection and promotion of the rights of children in the continent.
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COMMITTING AFRICA TO+
ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDRENLaunch of the African Partnership to End Violence against Children
Multi-Stakeholder Regional Consultation
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The Africa Fit for Children Commitment Where are we?+
References to three Sub Saharan countries, from East to West: Uganda - Cameroon - Senegal
The AMC carried out in 2012 an analytical view of the progress African countries are making in fulfilling their obligations as part of the AU on the AU Framework on the Africa fit Children. The assessment is informed by an elaborate AU Africa fit for Children Monitoring and Evaluation Framework developed in 2011 by ACPF.
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Interview with Ms Stella Ayo Odongo, Executive Director - UCRNN and AMC Custodian representing East Africa 
About the establishment of AMC
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In May 2006, a special meeting of children, youth and human rights organisations in Africa convened after the Second International Policy Conference on the African Child organised by The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Continue reading |
Statement from The AMC
The AfricaWide Movement for Children on behalf of the Children in Africa, join hands with the rest of the Civil Society Organisations in Africa in congratulating the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) on the occasion of the launch of the Campaign for the Universal Ratification of and Reporting on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC).
As a Pan African Movement established to provide a continental platform for child focussed NGOs, development agencies and individuals to collectively work on initiatives...
Custodians of the AMC
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CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Consultancy to undertake a Baseline Study for the Implementation of the East Africa Community Child Policy in the Republic of South Sudan. Download this Call for Expression of Interest, available in EnglishRead More -
A CALL TO ACTION TO LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND
An open letter in support of a 2019 Rights of the Child resolution on children without parental care Read EN | FRRead More -
Press Release | Attack in Egypt: The AMC strongly condemns this despicable and barbaric act sacrificing innocent people including children
COMMUNIQUÉ de PRESSE: Nous venons d' apprende avec tritesse, douleur et consternation un attentat survenu en Égypte avec plus de 215 victimes dont 65 enfants dans une mosquée au Nord Sinai selon les informations reçues du coordinateur régionale de L' AMC Afrique du Nord le Pr Salah Arafa. A cet…Read More -
Report of the Work of the Bureau of AMC Central Africa: Session of the Sub-Regional Central Africa Bureau Support for Schooling of Children During Periods of Conflict
Rapport de travail du bureau de l’AMC Afrique Centrale Le vendredi 14 Avril 2017 s’est tenue, à l’Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun, une conférence sur le thème : La prise en charge scolaire des enfants en période d’instabilité. La conférence a étédonnée par Mme Sophie Grosbon, Professeur de Droit International…Read More -
Africa 24 is joining us on our 7th IPC
Mr Salim Amin from Africa 24 is joining us on our Seventh International Policy Conference on the African Child (IPC). Help promote the campaign to end crimes and extreme violence against children in Africa.Read More -
AMC expresses relief & delight at the release of the 21 girls by Boko Haram #BringBackOurGirls
The AfricaWide Movement for Children (AMC) wants to express relief and delight at the release of the 21 girls by Boko Haram to the Nigerian government. According to the Nigerian government, the schoolgirls were handed to the authorities after a series of negotiations, in the first mass release of any…Read More -
Mr. ENAMA Leon Bertrand elected as President.
A platform of Cameroonian civil society organizations for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, Saw the day and Mr. ENAMA Leon Bertrand, lawyer, Cameroonians Child rights activist, was elected as President. Yaoundé, Cameroon, 17 July 2015. About twenty leaders and representatives of the Cameroonian civil society…Read More -
Invitation to Join the Movement
In May 2008, 150 child and youth-focused organizations and individuals joined in the founding of the Africa-Wide Movement for Children (AMC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The founding was the culmination of years of preparation by The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child…Read More -
Mr. Bola Lanrewaju, AMC Nigeria, and Mr. George Nyakora (President of AMC) on TV Africa about the plight of children in Africa
An interview of Mr. Bola Lanrewaju, AMC Nigeria, and Mr. George Nyakora (President of AMC) on TV Africa about the plight of children in Africa: reflections as we celebrate this holiday season. December 26, 2014.Read More
Information Board
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Civil Society Forum Pledge on Ending Violence against Children
On the occasion of the first Solutions Summit to End Violence against Children, we the leaders of African Child Policy Forum, ARIGATOU International, CPC Learning Network Child Fund Alliance, Child Helpline International Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment, Girls not…Read More -
Civil Society Forum Pledge on Ending Violence against Children. Agenda 2030 for Children: Solutions Summit, Stockholm Sweden
The Agenda 2030 for Children: Solutions Summit was organised jointly by the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children and the Government of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden, on 14-15 February 2018. The Summit brought together governments, CSOs, the Private Sector,…Read More -
Tanzania to launch Five-year National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children on December 13th, 2016, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Tanzania is launching the Five-year National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children (NPA-VAWC 2017/18 – 2021/22). The NPA-VAWC is to be launched by the Vice President, and Ministers from eleven Sector-Ministries are expected to make a statement…Read More -
Promoting the Rights of Vulnerable Children in Cabo Verde. Acrides SSI/AO-CaboVerde
Promoting the Rights of Vulnerable Children in Cabo Verde. Acrides SSI/AO-CaboVerde DownloadRead More -
Sudan Signs Action Plan to Protect Children from Violations in Armed Conflict
27 Mar 2016 Khartoum, Sudan– In an important milestone for the protection of children in Sudan, the Government signed an Action Plan with the United Nations to prevent the recruitment and use of children by Sudan Government Security Forces. The…Read More -
UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Travels to Sudan to Witness Signature of Action Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children by National Security Forces
26 Mar 2016 Who: Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed conflictWhat: Mission to SudanWhen: 26-30 March 2016Where: Khartoum, Darfur and field locations Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict,…Read More -
Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update for February 2016
Dear friends of children affected by armed conflict, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict is pleased to announce the publication of its: Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update for February 2016 This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns…Read More -
Day of the African Child 2016
The Day of the African Child is commemorated every year on 16 June by Member States of the African Union (AU), and its Partners (in accordance with Resolution CM/Res.1290 (XL). This occasion is firstly a commemoration to recall the 1976…Read More