Overall Score

Scores range from 0 to 1 (strongest action) and incorporate the five dimensions of government action: law and policy, services, capacity, coordination and accountability.

Malawi

0.512

Zambia

0.510

Zimbabwe

0.432

Eswatini

0.394

Compare Child Rights Issues

Analyse each country’s actions to end and prevent violence and care and protect girls and boys in vulnerability situations. Scores are provided by issue and based on the five dimensions of government action.

End & Prevent Violence

Care & Protect Children

Compare Efforts to Implement Policy Commitments

Analyse each country’s child rights commitments according to their own developed laws and policies and compared to their responsibility under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Compare these commitments to implementation actions taken in each country.

Governance Environment

Analyse each country’s progress to create a governance environment suited for child rights efforts. This score measures a country’s efforts to uphold citizen’s rights, provide transparent access to information and rely on consistent decision making protocols to pursue child rights policies and implementation.