Defence for Children International is a worldwide movement for children’s rights with National Sections and Associated Members active across four continents.
Our child justice program seeks to ensure that children in conflict and in contact with the law can seek redress, be rehabilitated and reintegrated in society. In recent years, the Government of Sierra Leone’s justice agenda was guided by its Justice Sector Reform Strategy and Investment Plan IV (JSRSIP 2018-2023).....
Despite ongoing efforts by the government of Sierra Leone including recent policy and legal reforms, creation and strengthening of response mechanisms and establishment of coordinating networks in ensuring that no child suffers from any harm, large number of children continues to face abuses....
Positive Parenting
The parent is the first and most important teacher of the child and guides the child on how to traverse the world, how to coexist with others, how to observe rules and principles of the society and how to manage ...............
Guided by the Education Sector Plan 2022-2026 of the government of Sierra Leone, whose overarching goal is to improve learning outcomes for all children and youths and the P4 agenda, DCI-SL’s education program ...
Recognizing the peculiar and unique challenges that girls and young women face including marginalization, abuse and exploitation, DCI-SL implemented specialized programs aimed at ......
In both 2023 and 2024, our advocacy interventions were intentional and targeted at specific legislations and policies. These include the review of the 2007 Child Rights Act in order to develop and pass ....
