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Poverty, conflict and discrimination against girls are putting more than 1.2 billion children – over half of children worldwide – at risk for an early end to their childhood. Many of these at-risk children live in countries facing two or three of these grave threats at the same time. In fact, 153 million children are at extreme risk of missing out on childhood because they live in countries characterized by all three threats.

It is possible to break the cycle of poverty and inequality by making sure that all children, particularly the most marginalised, access quality services that provide a pathway out of poverty towards social equality and prosperity.

For at least 700 million children worldwide – and perhaps hundreds of millions more – childhood has ended too soon. The major reasons included poor health, conflict, extreme violence, child marriage, early pregnancy, malnutrition, exclusion from education and child labor.

The Children’s Complementary Report from South Africa is directed to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in response to South Africa’s Second Country Report to the ACERWC regarding the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

The Children’s Complementary Report from South Africa is directed to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in response to the South African government’s Secondary Country Report to the ACERWC regarding the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

How overcoming barriers to breastfeeding will save children’s lives.

The world is facing a learning crisis. Around 250 million of the world’s 650 million children of primary school age are not learning. The focus on getting children into school came with and under-investment in education quality and inclusion. This briefing sets out solutions to the education financing gap.

Violence against children is defined as constituting all forms of physical and/ or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility, trust or power. And it's estimated to cost South Africa R238 Billion in 2015.

We continue to work every day to ensure that no child dies from preventable diseases, and that every last child gets the chance to fulfil their potential. It's tough. And we are often stretched to our limit. But in doing so, it brings out the best in us. In 2015, we reached more than 65,000 children directly and in total almost 80,000 people, through working with partners in communities, schools, Early Childhood Development programmes and municipalities.