Sierra Leone: West African Journalists Form Network to Protect Children

Lome — Some 15 journalists from ECOWAS member countries have formed a network to act together to protect children and give them access to the media to express their views and opinions on issues affecting them.

Even though all ECOWAS member countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Right and Welfare of the Child, there are children in the sub-region who still do not enjoy the rights they are supposed to have.

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