1. Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities presented a brief background to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. They also presented on the drafting process of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th combined periodic report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. They explained the structure of the draft Report, the general observations to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, with a focus on challenges and the way forward with regards to the depositing of the Report with the United Nations and the African Union.