7.2.5
7.2.6
7.2.5
7.3
Social security and child care services ...................................................................................... 90
7.3.1
7.3.2
8.
Adolescent health services ............................................................................................ 86
Water and sanitation .................................................................................................... 87
Responses to cross-cutting challenges to access to health services ................................ 88
Social protection for children ........................................................................................ 91
A focus on early childhood care and education ............................................................ 92
The Right to Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities ............................................ 93
8.1
9.
The right to education, leisure and cultural activities (articles 11 and 12) ............................. 93
Special Protection Measures ............................................................................................... 101
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
9.9
10.
Children in emergency situations (articles 23 and 25) ..........................................................
Children in armed conflict (article 22) ...................................................................................
Children in contact with the law, victims and witnesses (article 17) ....................................
Protection from abuse and exploitation ................................................................................
Protection of children living on the streets ...........................................................................
Children of imprisoned mothers (article 30) ..........................................................................
Children victims of harmful social and cultural practices ......................................................
Protection against discrimination for children belonging to minority groups .....................
Children who need special protection on account of being in risky or vulnerable conditions ....
101
101
101
106
110
111
112
112
112
Responsibilities of the Child (Article 31) ...................................................................... 113
Annexure: Participants in the Consultative Processes for the Development
of this Report ................................................................................................................ 114
Selected References .......................................................................................................................... 115
List of Figures
Figure 1: Population age pyramid Sierra Leone ............................................................................................. 1
Figure 2: Birth registration rates for children under 5 years 2000-2013 ..................................................... 39
Figure 3: Differentiated birth registration rates children under 5 years 2000-2008
by socio-economic group and geography .................................................................................... 39
Figure 4: Number of crimes against children reported to FSU 2004-2006 .................................................. 62
Figure 5: Maternal, infant and child mortality rates 2001-2012 ................................................................. 71
Figure 6: Percentage of women receiving ANC 2000-2013 ......................................................................... 72
Figure 7: Percentage of women giving birth with skilled attendants / in facility 2000-2013 .................... 74
Figure 8: Inequities in access to delivery by skilled birth attendant ........................................................... 74
Figure 9: Percentage children immunized 2005-2013 ................................................................................. 79
Figure 10: Vaccine coverage rates 2008-2012 ............................................................................................. 80
List of Tables
Table 1:
Table 2:
Table 3:
Table 4:
Table 5:
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Crimes against children reported to FSUs January to December 2013 ......................................... 62
Percentage of girls aged 15-18 who had a live birth, 2010 .......................................................... 75
Coverage of key HIV and AIDS interventions 2011-2012 .............................................................. 85
NPSE and BECE pass rates 2005-2011 ............................................................................................ 99
Number and percentage distribution of children 5 to 17 by sex and child labour status .......... 108
Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone Initial Report on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2002-2014