African Child Policy

In November 2019, Plan International and the African Child Policy forum launched a ground breaking report titled, ‘Getting Girls Equal: the African Report on Girls and the Law’. The report brought to the fore, seeming challenges faced by girls in the face of laws and legislations in Africa. This year marks 30 years since the African Union adopted the African Children’s Charter and I must admit that there have been significant improvements in the conditions of children however, the rights of girls and women are violated with no recourse to the law.

As I read through the chapters of