ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ARVs Antiretroviral CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CHRGG Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance COBET Complementary Basic Education in Tanzania CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child ESDP Education Sector Development Programme FGM Female Genital Mutilation ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ILO International Labour Organisation IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness IPEC International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour IHL International Humanitarian Law MCDGC Ministry of Community Development Gender and Children (URT) “MKUKUTA” Mkakati wa Kukuza Uchumi na Kupunguza Umaskini Tanzania MKUZA Mkakati wa kupunguza Umaskini Zanzibar MLEYD Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development (URT) MoEVT Ministry Of Education and Vocational Training (URT) MOES Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (Zanzibar) MoHSW Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (URT & Zanzibar) MYEWCD Ministry of Youth, Employment, Women and Children Development (Zanzibar) MVC Most Vulnerable Children NSGRP National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty ”MKUKUTA” PER Public Expenditure Review PMS Poverty Monitoring System PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy STI Sexual Transmitted Infections TBP Time-Bound Programme on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour TDHS Tanzania Demographic Household Survey TMC Tanzania Movement for and with Children TPDF Tanzania Peoples Defence Force TRCS Tanzania Red Cross Society Tshs. Tanzania Shillings (currency) UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities UNGASS United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children URT United Republic of Tanzania VCCT Voluntary Confidential Counsel and Testing for HIV ZAC Zanzibar AIDS Commission iii