Last Change:

05/03/2024

National Children’s Policy, Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (MoWCYA)

Year: 2017

Type: Domestic policy

Rights Category: Family life

Description

Ethiopia adopted the National Children’s Policy with due consideration of the principles and provisions of the CRC and ACRWC to guide the work of various actors dealing with children and also promote the rights of children. The policy has three central strategies: development and growth; prevention and protection; and rehabilitation, care and support.

Selected provisions
Article 3.6(G) - Children in difficult situation

Advocating for the designing and implementation of frameworks to ensure the civil and social rights of children living in refugee’s camps of the country due to reasons of forced migration