A global conference in Uganda set to explore issues of children deprived of their liberty within the justice systems in Africa
7 NOVEMBER 2011 ADDIS ABABA : Together, the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), a leading advocate on policy and dialogue on children in Africa, and Defence for Children International (DCI), a non- governmental organisation that promotes and protects children’s rights on a global, regional and local level, hosted a major international conference on child justice in Kampala, Uganda on 7-8 November 2011.
Over 300 delegates from all over the African continent and the wider world attended the “Deprivation of Children’s Liberty as a Last Resort”, which was held at the Speke Resort and Conference Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
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Mme Agnès Kaboré is the current Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC).
Mme Kaboré is a socio-economist who has held a number of senior positions relating to children’s issues within the Burkina Faso civil service.
She is presently the Director General for Child and Youth Protection in the Ministry for Social Action and National Solidarity. Furthermore, she has extensive civil society experience, having been, for example, Deputy Secretary General of the Burkina Faso Association for Family Wellbeing and a member of the Board of the Red Cross in Burkina Faso since 2005.
She has also worked with GTZ as an advisor on cross-cutting themes such as mainstreaming HIV/AIDS and combating child labour in the agricultural sector.She has worked as an international consultant on situation analysis and developing strategies and policies for the protection of children.