A/HRC/19/64 7. The presenter informed the meeting that violence remained a pervasive problem hidden from the public view and almost absent from the political agenda. He provided statistical evidence on ACPF studies of children in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia suggesting that almost all children under the age of 15 experienced some form of violence at home, at school, in institutions, on the street or at the workplace. The girl child particularly were vulnerable with a huge proportion reporting to have been victims of one form of violence or another including physical, emotional sexual and psychological abuse. 8. He went on to cite the recommendation reached for the attention of the AECRWC as well as the African Union. (i) Make violence against children a particular area of concern in national reporting; (ii) Establish a programme of cooperation with the UN Special; Representative on violence against children; (iii) Embark on a major programme of advocacy and action; (iv) Promote national policy and legal reforms; (v) Put child well-being in general and violence against children, particular, on the political agenda. 9. After the two presentations the participants discussed and recommended that countries should be lobbied to become champions on combating violence against children and that it should be put on the Agenda of AU Head of State Summit. 66