The main objective of the report is to find out how the governance process and the manner of its resource allocation serve the best interest of the child in Ethiopia. In particular the focus is on assessing the implementation of the CRC to education and health. The specific objectives to be addressed are:
• To provide a critical overview of the governance process in the context of children's rights;
• To consider policy, legislative and administrative reforms undertaken for the purpose of implementing international instruments on children's rights;
• To critically examine access to education (primary and secondary) and to health facilities from a child rights perspective;
• To examine whether children have equal access across regional, sex and rural-urban lines;
• To examine whether the composition of expenditure among different state functions, regions and spending level patterns comply with the State’s obligations to respect, protect and enforce child rights, and
• To reflect and draw conclusions/recommendations for advocacy purposes and policy interventions.
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