The SADC Secretariat is recruiting a Technical Advisor for OVCY. The TA will provide overall advisory and programme management support to ensure that child and youth vulnerability, development and empowerment take centre stage in a systemic manner, in the social, economic and political development agenda of SADC at regional and national levels.

The TA will monitor national, regional and global trends on OVCY to inform the development and review of better and comprehensive policies, strategies, programs and priorities for orphans and other vulnerable children and youth in SADC. Applications close on 17 March 2017. Click here for application details

About the Award

In East and Southern Africa, 35% of women are married before age 18. Globally, over 650 million women alive today were married as children. Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and is exacerbated by poverty, insecurity and conflict.

Launched in 2018, RIATT-ESA in partnership with the the African Union and with support from Media Monitoring Africa, launched an award for journalists reporting on Child Marriage. The award was developed in support the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage Campaign, in an effort to enhance the promotion and protection of the rights of girls and women in Africa. The primary objective of the Award is to promote reporting of child marriage issues; hence raising public awareness, understanding and galvanizing action against child marriage.

The first awards were handed out in 2019 during the during the 3rd STC & SDLE of the African Union.