A Civil Society Forum for Anglophone West Africa on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street Children

Summary

The Forum for Anglophone West Africa highlighed specific issues of national concern to street children. It addressed selected themes affecting street children, namely: street children’s access to education, street children’s access to health, street children and appropriate skills development and income generation, reintegration issues concerning street children and street children in conflict zones.

The findings of the forum were fed into a joint statement of recommendation for the region. These will be used for lobbying and advocacy with governments, international organisations and other actors involved with street children.