Courage Child Protection Audit: Lesotho

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Courage Child Protection Audit Lesotho
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Courage Child Protection Audit Lesotho
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Courage Child Protection Audit Lesotho

• Prioritised Disempowerment Areas

DISEMPOWERMENT weight EMPOWERMENT
1 Neglect Non Delivery 3.81 Action, Care Delivery
2 Violence Inequality 3.73 Values Belief Set
3 Hate, Anger Resentment 3.66 Love, Forgiveness Empathy
4 No Direction Addiction 3.61 Leadership, Vision Purpose
5 Ignorance Corruption 3.57 Knowledge Accountability
6 Exploitation lack of trust 3.50 Partnership mutual trust
7 Low self esteem no responsibility 3.39 High self esteem responsibility
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ALL CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 18 YEARS ALL CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 18 YEARS ALL CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 18 YEARS
Number of children Who they are living with What is their living environment
In country? ( of total) In each province? ( of total) In each community? ( of total) By gender ( of total) Number of child births per year? Number of child deaths per year? Prematurity? Abandonment? Illness? Disease? Neglect? Abuse? Suicide? Average child life expectancy? Birth mother and father? Birth mother only? Birth father only? Grandparent/s? Extended family? Legal guardian? On their own? On the street? In a home (Child Headed HH)? Wards of the state? Institution/home? Foster care? Correctional facility? Permanent legal adoption? Local vs international? Urban/Rural split? Living in poverty? ( of total) Social security support? Formal home vs Informal home? Access to electricity? Access to clean water? Access to adequate sanitation? Access to a family environment? Access to a safe home/place to sleep? Access to adequate nutrition? Access to early childhood development? Access to adequate education? Access to health care services? Access to play/recreation?
Child protection overview Child protection overview Child protection overview
Macro child protection challenges Registration Citizenship? Disease? HIV/AIDS? FASD? Other? Disability? Premature birth? Physical disability? Mental disability? Orphans? Illegal immigrants/refugees/ unaccompanied minors? Family related child protection challenges Informal (illegal) adoption? Parent drug or alcohol abuse? Psychological maltreatment ridiculing, terrorizing, corrupting, denying love and affection? Bullying (tangible cyber)? Isolation and internment? Female circumcision? Harmful male circumcision? Virginity testing? (age/consent) Child/Teen crisis pregnancy? Criminal child protection challenges Late/illegal abortion? Child abandonment? Unsafe vs safe? Child neglect? Child living/working on street? Physical abuse/ill-treatment? Murder or Attempted murder Corporal punishment? Sexual abuse? Child trafficking? Child exploitation? Child labour? Child marriage?
Each metric should be assessed by age, living environment e.g. may want to compare urban vs rural. Each metric should be assessed by age, living environment e.g. may want to compare urban vs rural. Each metric should be assessed by age, living environment e.g. may want to compare urban vs rural.
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Lesotho Child Protection Review

• Number of Children
• In country 1,072,974 children under the age of
  18 (2011-riatt-esa.org)
• By province See next page
• In each community Info not available
• By gender male 321,017 female 318,265 ages 0-15
  years (2014-indexmundi.com)
• Number of child births per year 56 800
  (2012-UNICEF)
• Number of child deaths per year 100 000 under 5
  years (2012-UNICEF)
• Respiratory Infections
• Diarrhoea 12 (2012-who.int)
• Anaemia 49 (2012-who.int)
• Malnutrition 7 (2012- who.int)
• Other 24 (2012-who.int)
• Average child life expectancy 48,9 years
  (2012-UNICEF)

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Graph showing the number of people in each
district throughout Lesotho- 2011 6748 PDF doc
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Pie charts showing the percentage of deaths and
causes in children ages 5 years and younger- 2012
who.int
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Lesotho Child Protection Review

• Who the children live with
• Birth mother and father 56 (2011-epdc.org)
• Birth mother only 93000 children have lost one
  parent (2004-mg.co.za)
• Birth father only 93000 children have lost one
  parent (2004-mg.co.za)
• Grandparent/s 35 (2013-6748 PDF doc)
• Extended family 16.2 (2013- 6748 PDF doc)
• Legal guardian info not available
• On the street In a home (Child Headed HH) 1857
  orphans in child headed households
  (2013-wiredspace.wits.ac.za)
• Wards of the state? Info not available
• Institution/home info not available
• Foster care info not available
• Correctional facility info not available
• Permanent legal adoption? Info not available
• Local vs international? Info not available

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Pie graph showing the distribution of students by
orphan status collected in a suvery- 2011
epdc.org
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Lesotho Child Protection Review

• Living Environment
• Urban/Rural split 28,3 urban 72 rural
  (2012-UNICEF)
• Living in poverty 43.2 (2012-.wfp.org)
• Social security support 700 000 families
  (2013-southernafricatrust.org)
• Formal home vs Informal home info not available
• Access to electricity 11.3 (2010-academia.edu)
• Access to clean water 77.7 (2011-UNICEF)
• Access to adequate sanitation 26.3
  (2011-UNICEF)
• Family environment
• Access to a family environment info not
  available
• Access to a safe home/place to sleep info not
  available
• Access to adequate nutrition 80 (2012-wfp.org)
• Access to early childhood development 50 000
  children (2005 -WFFC 5 report doc)
• Access to adequate education 84 attend school
  (2013-.osisa.org)
• Access to health care services 61.5
  (2014-who.int)
• Access to play/recreation info not available

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Lesotho Macro Child Protection Challenges

• Registration Citizenship 45.1 (2012-UNICEF)
• Disease
• HIV/AIDS 28 000 children under 15 years
  (2013-riatt-esa.org)
• FASD info not available
• Other info not available
• Disability 3.7 of children (2013-.osisa.org)
• Premature birth 7200 (2010- who.int)
• Physical disability 3.7 of the population
  living with some sort of disability
  (2013-african-decade.co.za)
• Mental disability 3.7 of the population living
  with some sort of disability (2013-african-decade.
  co.za)
• Orphans 362,665 (2013-riatt-esa.org)
• Illegal immigrants/refugees/ unaccompanied
  minors 2 million illegal immigrants reported in
  2010, adults and children (2010-un.org)

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Lesotho Family Child Protection Challenges

• Informal (illegal) adoption info not available
• Parent drug or alcohol abuse 8.8 of parents
  either have an alcohol or drug addiction
  (2011-dspace.unza.zm)
• Psychological maltreatment info not available
• Bullying (tangible cyber) info not available
• Isolation and internment info not available
• Female circumcision info not available
• Harmful male circumcision 6.1
  (2007-ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
• Virginity testing? (age/consent) ages 21 and
  below (2009-topix.com)
• Child/Teen crisis pregnancy 13.2 (2012-UNICEF)

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Lesotho Criminal Child Protection Challenges

• Late/illegal abortion info not available
• Child abandonment (Safe vs unsafe) info not
  available
• Child neglect info not available
• Child living/working on street 20 of orphaned
  children (2009-gvnet.com)
• Physical abuse/ill-treatment 43 (2009-iol.org)
• Murder or Attempted murder 21 reported cases
  (2014-iol.co.za)
• Corporal punishment 5.4 (2011-aidstar-one.com)
• Sexual abuse 10 000 children reported
  (2011-aidstar-one.com)
• Child trafficking28 000 children throughout
  Africa, no specifics for Lesotho only
  (2009-svri.org)
• Child exploitation info not available
• Child labour 22.9 of children are working under
  18 (2012-UNICEF)
• Child marriage 18,8 of children are married
  before 18 (2012-UNICEF)

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