Sierra Leone
Two decades after the end of the 11-year civil war, and just a few years after a devastating Ebola outbreak, the country has made strong gains for children on almost all indicators, the report said. Child marriage is down nearly 60 per cent. Under-5 mortality has been cut by more than half (53 per cent). Child labour is down by at least 40 per cent. Fewer children are stunted and there are fewer teen births (rates for both are down by about 30 per cent). Child homicide declined 20 per cent. But, by far, the greatest progress is that fewer families are affected by conflict. In 2000, 1 in every 5 people in Sierra Leone had been forcibly displaced from home. Today, that figure is 1 in 700 – a 99 per cent reduction.
