Mikama - Jul 9, 2018

Navalona R. dans Midi Madagasikara

Des recommandations ont été émises par toutes les parties prenantes lors d’un atelier de formation organisée par l’EITI-Madagascar, durant cinq jours, au Motel Anosy, suite à la validation de Madagascar à un niveau de progrès significatif par le Conseil d’Administration international à Berlin. Il s’agit entre autres, de la mise en place des cellules d’informations dans toutes les directions et départements concernés, et de l’anticipation de la collecte d’informations, ainsi que les transferts des Frais d’Administration minière et des ristournes aux communes bénéficiaires et la bonne gouvernance. Les cas du projet Ambatovy et de QMM ont été cités. A cet effet, les ristournes d’Ambatovy seront bientôt transférées aux communes bénéficiaires.

Dans Global Voices
Since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was signed in 1991, Madagascar has been multiplying its efforts to implement policies that protect child rights and created more than 750 child protection networks within the country since 2004. Despite this progress, abuse, violence, sexual exploitation and forced labor are still a tragic reality which silently occurs behind closed doors. According to a report released by the Malagasy State and UNICEF, every second young Malagasy claims to have been the victim of violence at school, and nine kids out of ten have been beaten by their family. (..) 89% of children report having suffered from physical domestic abuse at least once. Nonetheless, 72% of them say they feel safe at home. (..) Violence is considered as a means of education, whether it is at home or at school. (..) 40% of young Malagasy's report having worked before the age of 18.(..) Young girls are even more vulnerable to this violence. Early marriage is part of the Malagasy tradition and is a problem for minors. More than one-third of girls between the ages of 15 and 19-years-old are already married or in a relationship. Very few teenagers use contraceptive methods (less than 8%) which considerably increases the number of unwanted pregnancies. In fact, 30% of the minors in the island have a child, as reported by a rating from the World Atlas 2015. This number reaches up to 50% in some areas of the capital. Another alarming statistic is the rising rate of sexual exploitation of girls for commercial purposes, particularly near petroleum and mining sites.