Courage Child Protection Audit: Lesotho

DEE BLACKIE Courage Child Protection Audit: Lesotho

DEE BLACKIE Courage Child Protection Audit: Lesotho Prioritised Disempowerment Areas DISEMPOWERMENT weight EMPOWERMENT 1Neglect & Non Delivery 3.81 Action, Care & Delivery 2Violence & Inequality 3.73 Values & Belief Set 3Hate, Anger & Resentment 3.66 Love, Forgiveness & Empathy 4No Direction & Addiction 3.61 Leadership, Vision & Purpose 5Ignorance & Corruption 3.57 Knowledge & Accountability 6Exploitation & lack of trust 3.50 Partnership & mutual trust 7Low self esteem & no responsibility 3.39 High self esteem & responsibility

DEE BLACKIE 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* 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.

DEE BLACKIE 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: (2012-UNICEF) –Number of child deaths per year: 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)

DEE BLACKIE Graph showing the number of people in each district throughout Lesotho PDF doc

DEE BLACKIE Pie charts showing the percentage of deaths and causes in children ages 5 years and younger who.int

DEE BLACKIE Lesotho Child Protection Review Who the children live with: –Birth mother and father: 56% (2011-epdc.org) –Birth mother only: children have lost one parent (2004-mg.co.za) –Birth father only: children have lost one parent (2004-mg.co.za) –Grandparent/s: 35% ( PDF doc) –Extended family: 16.2% ( 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

DEE BLACKIE Pie graph showing the distribution of students by orphan status collected in a suvery epdc.org

DEE BLACKIE 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: 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: 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

DEE BLACKIE Lesotho: Macro Child Protection Challenges Registration & Citizenship: 45.1% (2012-UNICEF) Disease: –HIV/AIDS: 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)

DEE BLACKIE 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)

DEE BLACKIE 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: children reported (2011-aidstar-one.com) Child trafficking: 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)