justice administration procedures with no legal aid or consultations, and detained with adults. The Committee was also informed that there have been continuous trainings, including at provincial level, delivered to the police on children’s rights and child friendly policing. iii. Children of incarcerated mothers/primary caregivers: The Committee learns that children of incarcerated mothers/primary care givers are supposed to stay in detention centers only for 2 years according to the law, however, they mostly stay up to 4 years for reasons beyond the control of the prison administration. There are rehabilitation departments in all correctional centers and Kindergarten education is available in female prisons. Children of incarcerated mothers attend kindergarten with children on officers and health personnel are available. However, the Committee was informed that the environment where children are kept with their incarcerated caregivers is not conducive and facilities need to be improved. iv. Sexual abuse and exploitation: The Committee was informed that there are trained officers for victims at all police stations. The low rate of reporting of cases was raised by the Committee as a concern on the concluding observations and recommendations, and Government has updated the Committee that reporting of cases of sexual abuse has increased; currently 70% of the cases reported are issues of sexual abuse against children. Increased reporting was achieved following the intensive campaigns of the Government on the issue including in schools. However, from the various discussions, the Committee observes that there is low rate of prosecution of perpetrators of sexual abuse and the number of probation officers to assist the children remains very low. On issues of online children sexual exploitation, the Information and Communication Technology Authority informed that there are child online protection guidelines and there is an initiative of developing a policy on the issue. The 2016-2020 policy on ICT has elements on children, but the Government felt the need to have a separate policy on child protection in virtual space. Moreover, the Committee was informed that in 2017 the police partnered with an NGP to launch a pilot a project on online sexual exploitation in Harare. There is also education in schools on online sexual exploitation of children and the Government tries to identify those who sexually abuse children in partnership with Interpol. v. Child labour: The Committee notes that the Department of Social Welfare deals with issues of child labour, but the inter-ministerial committee also operates to coordinate protection of children affected by child labour. However, during the workshop, the Committee was informed that the inter-ministerial Committee has not met since 2014. The department of social welfare 11