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Courage Child Protection Audit: Lesotho
DEE BLACKIE
Courage Child Protection Audit: Lesotho
DEE BLACKIE
Courage Child Protection Audit: Lesotho
Prioritised Disempowerment Areas
DISEMPOWERMENT weight EMPOWERMENT
1 Neglect & Non Delivery 3.81 Action, Care & Delivery
2 Violence & Inequality 3.73 Values & Belief Set
3 Hate, Anger & Resentment 3.66 Love, Forgiveness & Empathy
4 No Direction & Addiction 3.61 Leadership, Vision & Purpose
5 Ignorance & Corruption 3.57 Knowledge & Accountability
6 Exploitation & lack of trust 3.50 Partnership & mutual trust
7 Low self esteem & no responsibility 3.39 High self esteem & responsibility
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ALL CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 18 YEARS
Number of children* Who they are living with* What is their living environment*
• In country? (% of total)• In each province? (% of total)• In each community? (% of total)• By gender (% of total)• Number of child births per year?• Number of child deaths per year?
− Prematurity?− Abandonment?− Illness?− Disease?− Neglect?− Abuse?− Suicide?
• Average child life expectancy?
• Birth mother and father?• Birth mother only?• Birth father only?• Grandparent/s?• Extended family?• Legal guardian? • On their own?
− On the street?− In a home (Child Headed HH)?
• Wards of the state?− Institution/home?− Foster care?− Correctional facility?
• Permanent legal adoption?− Local vs international?
• Urban/Rural split?• Living in poverty? (% of total)• Social security support?• Formal home vs Informal home?
− Access to electricity?− Access to clean water?− Access to adequate sanitation?
• Access to a family environment?• Access to a safe home/place to sleep?• Access to adequate nutrition?• Access to early childhood
development?• Access to adequate education?• Access to health care services?• Access to play/recreation?
Child protection overview*
Macro child protection challenges:•Registration & Citizenship?•Disease?
− HIV/AIDS?− FASD? − Other?
•Disability? − Premature birth? − Physical disability? − Mental disability?
•Orphans?•Illegal immigrants/refugees/ unaccompanied minors?
Family related child protection challenges:•Informal (illegal) adoption?•Parent drug or alcohol abuse?•Psychological maltreatment: ridiculing, terrorizing, corrupting, denying love and affection?•Bullying (tangible & cyber)?•Isolation and internment?•Female circumcision? •Harmful male circumcision? •Virginity testing? (age/consent)•Child/Teen crisis pregnancy?
Criminal child protection challenges:•Late/illegal abortion?•Child abandonment?
− Unsafe vs safe?•Child neglect?•Child living/working on street?•Physical abuse/ill-treatment?•Murder or Attempted murder•Corporal punishment?•Sexual abuse?•Child trafficking?•Child exploitation?•Child labour?•Child marriage?
* Each metric should be assessed by age, living environment e.g. may want to compare urban vs rural.
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Lesotho Child Protection Review
• Number of Children:
– In country: 1,072,974 children under the age of 18 (2011-riatt-esa.org)
– By province: See next page
– In each community: Info not available
– By gender: male 321,017 female 318,265 ages 0-15 years (2014-indexmundi.com)
– Number of child births per year: 56 800 (2012-UNICEF)
– Number of child deaths per year: 100 000 under 5 years (2012-UNICEF)
– Respiratory Infections
– Diarrhoea 12% (2012-who.int)
– Anaemia 49% (2012-who.int)
– Malnutrition 7% (2012- who.int)
– Other 24% (2012-who.int)
– Average child life expectancy: 48,9 years (2012-UNICEF)
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Graph showing the number of people in each district throughout Lesotho- 2011 6748 PDF doc
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Pie charts showing the percentage of deaths and causes in children ages 5 years and younger- 2012 who.int
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Lesotho Child Protection Review
• Who the children live with:
– Birth mother and father: 56% (2011-epdc.org)
– Birth mother only: 93000 children have lost one parent (2004-mg.co.za)
– Birth father only: 93000 children have lost one parent (2004-mg.co.za)
– Grandparent/s: 35% (2013-6748 PDF doc)
– Extended family: 16.2% (2013- 6748 PDF doc)
– Legal guardian: info not available
– On the street: In a home (Child Headed HH): 1857 orphans in child headed households (2013-wiredspace.wits.ac.za)
– Wards of the state? Info not available
– Institution/home: info not available
– Foster care: info not available
– Correctional facility: info not available
– Permanent legal adoption? Info not available
– Local vs international? Info not available
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Pie graph showing the distribution of students by orphan status collected in a suvery- 2011 epdc.org
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Lesotho Child Protection Review
• Living Environment:
– Urban/Rural split: 28,3% urban 72% rural (2012-UNICEF)
– Living in poverty: 43.2% (2012-.wfp.org)
– Social security support: 700 000 families (2013-southernafricatrust.org)
– Formal home vs Informal home: info not available
– Access to electricity: 11.3% (2010-academia.edu)
– Access to clean water: 77.7% (2011-UNICEF)
– Access to adequate sanitation: 26.3% (2011-UNICEF)
• Family environment:
– Access to a family environment: info not available
– Access to a safe home/place to sleep: info not available
– Access to adequate nutrition: 80% (2012-wfp.org)
– Access to early childhood development: 50 000 children (2005 -WFFC + 5 report doc)
– Access to adequate education: 84% attend school (2013-.osisa.org)
– Access to health care services: 61.5% (2014-who.int)
– Access to play/recreation: info not available
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Lesotho: Macro Child Protection Challenges
• Registration & Citizenship: 45.1% (2012-UNICEF)
• Disease:
– HIV/AIDS: 28 000 children under 15 years (2013-riatt-esa.org)
– FASD: info not available
– Other: info not available
– Disability: 3.7% of children (2013-.osisa.org)
– Premature birth: 7200 (2010- who.int)
– Physical disability: 3.7% of the population living with some sort of disability (2013-african-decade.co.za)
– Mental disability: 3.7% of the population living with some sort of disability (2013-african-decade.co.za)
• Orphans: 362,665 (2013-riatt-esa.org)
• Illegal immigrants/refugees/ unaccompanied minors: 2 million illegal immigrants reported in 2010, adults and children (2010-un.org)
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Lesotho: Family Child Protection Challenges
• Informal (illegal) adoption: info not available
• Parent drug or alcohol abuse: 8.8% of parents either have an alcohol or drug addiction (2011-dspace.unza.zm)
• Psychological maltreatment: info not available
• Bullying (tangible & cyber): info not available
• Isolation and internment : info not available
• Female circumcision: info not available
• Harmful male circumcision: 6.1% (2007-ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
• Virginity testing? (age/consent): ages 21 and below (2009-topix.com)
• Child/Teen crisis pregnancy: 13.2% (2012-UNICEF)
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Lesotho Criminal Child Protection Challenges
• Late/illegal abortion: info not available
• Child abandonment (Safe vs unsafe): info not available
• Child neglect: info not available
• Child living/working on street: 20% of orphaned children (2009-gvnet.com)
• Physical abuse/ill-treatment: 43% (2009-iol.org)
• Murder or Attempted murder: 21 reported cases (2014-iol.co.za)
• Corporal punishment: 5.4% (2011-aidstar-one.com)
• Sexual abuse: 10 000 children reported (2011-aidstar-one.com)
• Child trafficking:28 000 children throughout Africa, no specifics for Lesotho only (2009-svri.org)
• Child exploitation: info not available
• Child labour: 22.9% of children are working under 18 (2012-UNICEF)
• Child marriage: 18,8% of children are married before 18 (2012-UNICEF)
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