The Ninth IPC
Climate Change and Child Rights in Africa
IMPACT & ACCOUNTABILITY
United Nations Conference Center (UNCC)
6-7 September 2022
The Ninth International Policy Conference on the African Child (IPC) seeks to look deeply into climate change as a disaster that is reversing progress made in children’s rights in Africa, situate the African child within the climate crisis discourse, thus trigger urgent policy and action. It will be informed by a background research report that would explore the interplay between climate change and the rights of children in Africa. The conference will be enriched by the exchange of views and experiences of practitioners, experts, policy makers and others from across Africa and beyond. The Conference is expected to generate a dynamic conversation towards an African position on addressing the impact of climate change on children in Africa.
CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS
ACPF Documentary
Who are the speakers?
H.E. Mrs Graça Machel
Chairperson, International Board of Trustees, ACPF; Founder and Chair of the Board, Graca Machel Trust
Guileda Shafeekath Ashanti
Child Speaker; President, National Association of Children’s Councils, Benin
Honourable Patricia Annie Kaliati
Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Republic of Malawi
Honourable Alhagie S. Darbo
Chairperson of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC), Republic of the Gambia
H.E Horiuchi Toshihiko
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mission of Japan to the African Union
H.E Hans Henric Lundquist
Ambassador of Sweden to Ethiopia and Djibouti; Permanent Representative to AU, IGAD and UNECA
Ambassador Madeleine Garlick
UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the African Union, British Embassy in Ethiopia
H.E Jainaba Jagne
Head of Mission, Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA, Embassy of the Republic of Gambia
Honourable Joseph Ndayisenga
Chairperson, African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
Honourable Theophane Nikyema
Member, African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; Executive Director, ACPF (2013-2018)
Mr Ayalew Getachew
Senior Child Protection Officer, African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Secretariat
Dr Najat Maalla M'jid
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Mr Elhadj As Sy
Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2014 -2019); Member, International Board of Trustees, ACPF
Prof. Atangcho Nji Akonumbo
Dean, Faculty of Laws and Political Science, University of Buea - Cameroon
Prof. John H. Knox
Professor of Law, Wake Forest University; Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment (2012-2018)
Professor Jaap E. Doek
Emeritus Professor of Family and Juvenile Law at the Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands; Member, International Board of Trustees, ACPF; Chairperson, UNCRC (2001-2007)
Mr Jean-Paul Adam
Director, Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Stories: Impact of Climate Change on Children in Africa
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