The West Africa Network
It is about regional cooperation between the participating states and the civil society of the under-region countries. The Network – formerly called “West Africa Programme” (WAP) – is based on a participative approach involving children, families, NGOs, States, childhood professionals, etc. and, by 2012, putting onto the Network the fifteen countries of ECOWAS (the Economic Community Of West African States).
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Children's rights in Guinea-Bissau
Sad observation made by civil society
In Guinea-Bissau, many children still lack the protection of all their human rights. This is the sad conclusion drawn by Laudolino Carlos Medina, Director of the organisation AMIC and coordinator of the West Africa Network (WAN) in Guinea-Bissau. The latter drew up this table on February 8 in Geneva, on behalf of the "Coalition of the protection of the child’s rights organisations in Guinea-Bissau", at the invitation of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. This visit follows the NGO Alternative Report of Guinea-Bissau, written in 2011.
Interview of Laudolino Carlos Medina, Director of AMIC
We met Laudolino Carlos Medina, Director of AMIC and coordinator of WAN in Guinea-Bissau, during his visit to Geneva. The opportunity to retrace with him the adventure of WAN since its inception in 2005 and the impact it had on the situation of children on the move in Guinea-Bissau.
NGO week 2012 in The Gambia
From 11th to 17th February an event called “NGO Week” has been organised in the Gambia with the goal of gathering NGOs to present their activities. Our partner, the NGO CEDAG who coordinates WAN activities in The Gambia, took the occasion of presenting the work of our Network WAN.
Annual meeting in Accra of the Steering Committee of the West Africa Network
A rapidly growing network
Accra, Nov. 27 - The seventh annual meeting of the Steering Committee of WAN took place from 22 to 27 November 2011 in Accra, Ghana's capital. 12 participating countries including 4 new countries and, for the first time, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were represented and have noted the strong growth of the network. To date, some 1,800 children have been reintegrated into their countries and within their families. Witness to this positive momentum: a regional coordination office of the Network will open in spring 2012 in Burkina Faso.
"Protecting the Child – Everybody’s business"
Official Launch of the WAN in Ghana
The West Africa Network for the Protection of Children (WAN) in Ghana was officially launched on Thursday Sept. 22nd in Accra, in presence of the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Mr Enoch Teye Mensah and representatives of the civil society.