ACERWC Continental Assessment Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on the rights and Welfare of the Child & Guidelines on the Safe Return to Schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating consequences for children’s rights. It has also had grave physical, emotional and psychological effects on children in countries that instituted mandatory stay-at-home, lockdown or confinement measures. In recognition of the consequences of COVID-19 on the rights and welfare of children in Africa and noting the unprecedented nature of the pandemic and the measures taken to curb its spread, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC/ Committee) is responding to policy gaps in mitigating the COVID-19 crisis.
