SOUTHERN AFRICAN NETWORK TO END CORPORAL AND HUMILIATING PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN

Whereas most adults acknowledge and respect that children have the right to life, to an adequate standard of living, to health and to education, most find it difficult to accept that children also have the right to protection from any form of violence just as adults have that full protection. Sadly violence against children is accepted globally as evidenced by the UN Study on Violence against Children of 2006. Soon after the report was publicised the UN General Assembly, at its sixty-second session, urged its member countries, which includes Zambia, to prohibit corporal and other cruel forms of punishment of children by law and adopted resolution 62/141 requesting the Secretary-General to appoint, for a period of three years, a Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Marta Santos Pais of Portugal as his Special Representative on Violence against Children at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. Readmore>

SOUTHERN AFRICA LEGAL ASSISTANT NETWORK

ZCEA has been a member of SALAN since its formation in 1994. SALAN is a network of 11 non-profit non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from the SADC region. The membership currently comprises Black Sash-South Africa; DITSHWANELO-The Botswana Centre for Human Rights; Centre for Advice, Research and Education on Rights (CARER)-Malawi; Liga Mocambique Dos Direitos Humanos (LDH); Legal Assistance Centre (LAC)-Namibia; Legal Resources Centre (LRC)-South Africa; Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC)-Tanzania; Zambia Civic Education Association (ZCEA); Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)-Zambia; Zanzibar Legal Services Centre (ZLSC) and Legal Resources Foundation-Zimbabwe. Readmore> 

IMALI YE MWANA NETWORK

The Imali Ye Mwana which means money for children, is a SADC regional network currently with seven members. The members are Botswana-DITSHWANELO, Lesotho Pre-school Association, Mauritius, save the children Swaziland, Mozambique - Rede De Crianca, Malawi Coalition for Quality Basic Education, Zambia Civic Education Association – Zambia and Zimbabwe- National Association Non-government. Readmore>

PARALEGAL ALLIANCE NETWORK

ZCEA has been a member of PAN since its formation in 1998. PAN is a network of 4 Zambian non governmental organisations (NGOs). The membership comprises of Zambia Civic Education Association; Legal Resources Foundation; Young Women Christian Association and CARITAS Zambia. The Network was created by the founding organisations upon realising that they shared common objective of providing free legal advice to the vulnerable communities. Readmore>

CSO Forum to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Thanks to the support of Save the Children Sweden, ZCEA was among civil society organisations that mooted the idea of a civil society forum which was formed to support the work of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC). The ACERWC is a Committee of 11 men and women of high moral standing, integrity, impartiality and competence in matters of the rights and welfare of the child who supervise the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights of the Child (ACRWC). The ACRWC is an African Human Rights Treaty that was drawn up to protect the rights and welfare of the African child. The treaty is very similar to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child but it has African specific provisions such as the protection of children against harmful cultural practices. Readmore>