UNA PLATAFORMA PARA UNIR LAS LUCHAS POR TODOS LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS

• Anti-discrimination laws at national level

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  According to the Sierra Leone 2013 Human Rights Report [1], various levels of discrimination are experienced by different societal groups. Some of these come in the form of “social discrimination and violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C); official and societal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals; discrimination against those with disabilities; and vigilante violence.”

  Rape and Domestic Violence: The law prohibits rape, which is punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment; however, rape was common and viewed more as a societal norm than a criminal problem. A new Sexual Offenses Act, establishing the age of consent at 18 and specifically prohibiting spousal rape, took effect in 2012.

  Domestic violence is an offense under the 2007 Domestic Violence Act, however substantial amount of women felt that beatings were very often justified.

  The Persons With Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment and provision of state services, calls further for free health care and education for the disabled, equal access to government buildings, housing, and public transportation, and provision of rehabilitation services

  National Commission on Persons with Disability also began in February 2013- Commission, however, is highly underfunded. 

   

  [1] http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/220368.pdf

• Stunting

  
  Stunting prevalence in children under 5 Read more
  38%
• Political Participation

  
  Rating on consensus building and civil society participation Read more
  5.8
• To what extent are rural communities shrinking

  
  % of population living in rural areas Read more

  1960: 83%

  2015: 60%
• Child marriage

  
  Rates of child marriage Read more

  Married by 15: 13%

  Married by 18: 39%

• Laws protecting industrial seeds

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  Member state to ARIPO draft PVP protocol which outlaws seed exchange and sale among farmers for seeds protected by PVP.

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Participation is one of the fundamental human rights principles, requiring that everyone has the right to participate in making decisions that affect them. In order to ensure that those most affected by violations to the right to food and nutrition participate in political processes, it is essential to have the legal and policy infrastructure within national frameworks, as well as the participatory spaces that give meaningful space for participation.

• Legal Recognition of the Right to Food and Nutrition

  
  Is Right to Food recognized in the legal system Read more

  Protections around the Right to Food exist in the Sierra Leone Constitution in Article 7(1): “The State shall within the context of the ideals and objectives for which provisions are made in this Constitution—

  b. manage and control the national economy in such a manner as to secure the maximum welfare and freedom of every citizen on the basis of social justice and equality of opportunity;

  d. place proper and adequate emphasis on agriculture in all its aspects so as to ensure self-sufficiency in food production.“

  Article 8(3): “The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that—

  a. every citizen, without discrimination on any grounds whatsoever, shall have the opportunity for securing adequate means of livelihood as well as adequate opportunities to secure suitable employment;

  c. the health, safety and welfare of all persons in employment are safeguarded and not endangered or abused, and in particular that special provisions be made for working women with children, having due regard to the resources of the State;

  f. the care and welfare of the aged, young and disabled shall be actively promoted and safeguarded.”

   
• National Food Security Policy

  
  Is there a national food security policy with implementation/action? Read more

  SIERRA LEONE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2012-2016 [1]

  Goal:

  The overall goal of the National Food and Nutrition Policy is to contribute to the improved health, social and economic well-being of all the people in Sierra Leone, especially women, children and other nutritionally vulnerable groups.

  General Objective:

  To improve the current nutritional status of the population, especially infants and young children, pregnant and lactating women and other vulnerable groups in Sierra Leone

  Specific Objectives:

  I. To undertake advocacy for policy makers, policy advisors and programme designers at national and district levels on nutrition and its relationship to development.
  II. To actively promote and facilitate adequate household food security (quantity, quality and safety) to satisfy the daily dietary needs of the population.
  III. To promote adoption of appropriate feeding practices by households.
  IV. To strengthen preventive measures against nutrition related diseases
  V. To provide curative services to individuals who are either malnourished or present a condition requiring diet therapy.
  VI. To institute a nutritional surveillance system for monitoring the food and nutrition situation in the country.
  VII. To promote operational research and periodic surveys into food and nutrition issues
  VIII. To coordinate activities of relevant agencies involved in food and nutrition issues

   

  [1] https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/en/node/11533

   
• Existence of multiactor governing or decision making bodies for food policy at national, subnational and/or local level with diverse participation of civil society organizations

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  Food security policy is government endorsed, however, various parties are yet to be established  to manage the coordination of food securities such as that outlined above.

  Sierra Leone is a country that is part of the Scaling Up Nutrition program [1]

  For land from the CSM TG report [2]  

  The origins and histories of dialogue platforms and spaces have much to do with how they work. Numerous “multi-stakeholder platforms” have been created in the name of Guidelines implementation; but not all initiatives are alike. Some may be funded through development cooperation, as in the case of Sierra Leone. The “multi-stakeholder platform” in Sierra Leone has been created as part of comprehensive program to implement the Guidelines in the context of a G7 Land Partnership involving the governments of Germany, Sierra Leone as well as the FAO. Additionally, the International Land Coalition (ILC) has created “multi-stakeholder platforms” in 21 countries and is planning to create them in 15 additional countries by 2021 in the context of the implementation of the Guidelines.

   

  [1] http://scalingupnutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Sierra-Leone-FN...

  [2] http://www.csm4cfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CSM-Monitoring-Report-...