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Finalizing the framework document of the national policy on comprehensive care
plan for children (DCPN/DIJE).
C. Measures to Disseminate the Children’s Charter
Per the directives of point 9 (a) and (b) of the African Committee of experts,
Cameroon has embarked on the following activities aimed raising awareness about the
principles and provisions set forth in the children‟s charter and arousing social
mobilization.
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Awareness campaigns on the rights of the child, at ceremonies of the Day of the
African Child (16 June), national youth festivals (11 February) and several other
events;
Ten children‟s parliament sessions, and training junior members of parliament in
the rights and duties of children, and distributing materials;
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Capacity building of officers in public and private child supervision institutions
using child protection documents such as the Children‟s Charter;
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15,000 comic strips on the charter distributed to children at schools and other
areas during awareness campaigns;
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Posters and flyers to raise awareness about the violation of child rights. Some
of the posters were produced with support from Plan Cameroon and MINESEC ;
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Several annual radio and television events for children, on popularization and
promotion of child rights;
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Gradual integration of human rights and child education modules into school
curricula (citizenship education; higher specialized diploma (DESS) in human
rights at the University of Dschang, targeted training in human rights at the
Universite Catholic d‟Afrique Centrale (UCAC) and specialty course at the
International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC);
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Translation of the children‟s charter into local languages is challenged by the
sheer number of languages and illiteracy.
D. Obstacles
Constraints with the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and
Welfare of the Child in Cameroon are as follows:
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Lack of coordination of sectoral child care policies;