Western Cape Commissioner for Children releases the findings of a comprehensive study into the Alternative Care system in the Western Cape

Community Child Rights Workshops: Hessequa Municipality 2021

5 October 2021

Community Child Rights Workshops is one of three child participation methods in our office. The objectives of our Community Child Rights Workshops are to share the mandate of the Western Cape Commissioner for Children directly with children, advocate a child rights approach with stakeholders and ...

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Annual Report 2020/21

17 September 2021

The Western Cape Commissioner for Children’s first Annual Report for 2020/1 was tabled in Parliament on 17 September 2021. It details the journey of her first year in office alongside her Child Government Monitors. The report includes: presenting a situational analysis of children in the Western ...

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A year in review

9 July 2021

The Office of the Western Cape Commissioner for Children celebrates it’s first year. It has been a year of tremendous growth as we establish the first office of its kind in the country. Christina Nomdo, Commissioner for Children, says, “I am proud that we were able to develop creative ways to ...

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Child Government Monitors Present at National Parliament

8 June 2021

Friday 14 May 2021 was a historic day in South Africa’s National Parliament. It was the first ever closed session for Children and Young People to participate in law reform. Forty Child Government Monitors participated in weekly discussions with the Commissioner since the call for submissions last ...

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Learning in COVID times report

23 April 2021

Stephan Paulsen, our current intern, was instrumental in the #learninginCOVIDtimes project. He majored in Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and founded UNICEF UWC. For this project he analysed the data from children and developed fabulous infographics.

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Child Rights Community Workshop Report 2020

16 March 2021

We are super excited to release our second official report on child participation models implemented by our office. Child rights workshops enable us to encourage parents to be the first child rights champions and affirm children to reach for their dreams. This report is released just before we ...

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Child Government Monitors Report

2 March 2021

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The release of the Child Government Monitors Report was a huge moment for the Children's Commissioner. The report documents months of engagement between the Commissioner and the first group of Child Government Monitors over a period of 6 months. Christina said "I am very proud to release the first ...

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