Social & Human Development

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• Assessment Report - M&E for OVC&Y in SADC 2011

  Date Signed: 2011-10-01

  Type: Documents & Publications, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports

  Themes: Social & Human Development, Orphans, Vulnerable Children & Youth

  
  

  The SADC Framework and Plan of Action for Comprehensive Care and Support for Orphans, Vulnerable Children, and Youth necessitates a framework for monitoring and evaluation of vulnerable children and youth in Southern Africa. To this end, in 2010, SADC commissioned a review and assessment of current monitoring and evaluation systems in order to establish priority areas for this new framework.

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• Code of Conduct Child Labour

  Date Signed: 2000-08-01

  Type: Documents & Publications, Regional Codes & Policies, SADC Technical & Thematic Reports

  Themes: Social & Human Development, Employment & Labour, Orphans, Vulnerable Children & Youth

  
  

  Following an assessment requests by the SADC Employment and Labour Sector (ELS), Committee of Ministers and Social Partners at their Annual Meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi, April, 1996 the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conducted a Study on the magnitude of Child Labour in the Region. The findings of the Study revealed that data on Child Labour was scarce and that most of the Member States had not adopted comprehensive national strategies to combat Child Labour.

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• Declaration on Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development 2008

  Date Signed: 2008-04-20

  Type: Documents & Publications, Declarations

  Issues: Environment & Sustainable Development

  Themes: Social & Human Development, Orphans, Vulnerable Children & Youth, Poverty Eradication & Policy Dialogue

  
  

  With poverty eradication in Southern Africa as a chief objective, SADC addresses the current state of development and its areas of priority through the Declaration on Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development, signed on 20th April 2008.

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