The right to education for all children is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In reality however, too many children, such as children deprived of their liberty, still face enormous barriers in realising this right. A number if initiatives exist in Africa to try to bridge the gap and provide minimum assistance to these minor detainees. Yet they are far from matching the needs, poorly coordinated and insufficiently documented. DCI-Belgium and IDAY-International, in collaboration with experts on this issue, have therefore resolved to initiate a reflection on a strategy to appropriately address the question of education of children in detention in Africa. This workshop intends to gather European development stakeholders (donors, international and non-governmental organisations working on this and related issues with the triple objective of: This two-day workshop will serve as a first step towards a larger-scale forum in Africa gathering African development stakeholders: civil society, sponsors and governments. The programme of the workshop of January 2011 will be structured around the following topics: global presentation of the issues at stake, inventory of the situation based on a survey, and working sessions on themes relating to the integration of education of detained minors into the EFA agenda; developing an integrated approach to education, justice and child rights; fostering dialogue between African civil society, African authorities and the donor community.
Africa: Education of Minors Deprived of Liberty in Africa
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http://www.crin.org/docs/Programme_Workshop_Education_Children_Deprived_of_Liberty_Africa_EN.pdf
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