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Advisor to the Western Cape Commissioner for Children selected as a chair of the Africa Children’s Summit (ACS) 2024 South Africa.

22 April 2024
News CGM Child rights
Tara Hendricks, a 15-year-old advisor to the Western Cape Commissioner for Children, will represent WCCC and chair the Africa Children’s Summit 2024 in South Africa this August. The summit is a child-led initiative where children from Africa will gather to share and discuss the challenges ...

Western Cape Commissioner for Children calls for the prioritisation of children in National public budgeting processes.

20 February 2024
News budget
As the nation eagerly anticipates Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's delivery of the Budget Speech on Wednesday, the Western Cape Commissioner for Children (WCCC) emphasises the crucial need to prioritise children in the budget. To read more, click HERE .

Children speak on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) ahead of National Children’s Day.

11 November 2023
News
The MTBPS is not child-friendly nor child-centred, yet affects the children’s fundamental lived realities. Furthermore, children are not consulted in these decisions that directly impact their lives. These are some of the opinions raised by the Child Government Monitors (CGMs) in the Office of the ...
The CGMs, Commissioner Nomdo and Tessa Goldschmidt pictured with Professor Ann Skelton, Chair UNCRC, Karabo Ozah, Director Centre for Child Law..jpeg

Three Western Cape child human rights defenders address the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Switzerland on the lived realities of children in South Africa.

27 September 2023
News Event
Three child human rights defenders from the Western Cape have been given the opportunity to address the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and advocate for the rights of children in their province and country. Rushaan Abdol (15), Solakha Noyi (16), and Ruan Klaase (16) are ...
Representatives from NGOs providing child protection services in the Western Cape recently met with WCCC(2) (1).JPG

Western Cape Commissioner for Children hosts a stakeholder consultation to unpack resource constraints hindering Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the child protection sector from providing needed services.

29 June 2023
As the country observes the Child Protection Week between 29 May to 5 June 2023, to raise awareness of the rights of children, the office of the Western Cape Commissioner for Children has taken cognisance of the ongoing resource constraints and other challenges that had befallen the child ...