A/HRC/40/50 incidence of child labour, child marriage and violence against children showed the gap between rhetoric and action and the lack of enforcement of legislation. For instance, while 36 out of 52 countries set the marriage age at 18 years or older for both sexes, according to the report 3 in 10 children in Africa were married before that age. 71. Both Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want and Africa’s Agenda for Children 2040 are aligned with the 2030 Agenda, including target 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals. 72. Fourteen countries in Africa have undertaken comprehensive household surveys to document the magnitude, nature and impact of violence in childhood. Information from violence against children and youth surveys has supported multisectoral government policy, planning, programming and budgeting, as well as the enactment of legislation to prevent violence and protect child victims. 73. The Special Representative continued to collaborate with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children on the implementation of the 2015 ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Children. The plan promotes national action within ASEAN towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals targets that address violence. 74. In 2018, during her annual dialogue with the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children, the Special Representative urged the Commission to seize the opportunity provided in 2019 to accelerate action for the protection of children from violence. The Commission adopted her suggestion to undertake a midterm review of the Regional Plan of Action, building upon the significant baseline study conducted by UNICEF in collaboration with ASEAN member States and ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children representatives. The midterm review of the Regional Plan of Action will be completed in 2019. 75. In the framework of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children, protection from violence was further strengthened by the implementation of the regional plan of action for the prevention and elimination of child labour for 2016–2021 in South Asia, and the development of a regional strategy and action plan to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, including online. 76. The regional action plan on child marriage was extended for a further five years (2018–2023) and its implementation pursued through the development of national plans in Afghanistan and Nepal and a multimedia campaign in Bangladesh. 77. A regional platform for religious leaders to promote children’s rights was launched in September 2017 in Kathmandu, contributing to their increased involvement at the national level. In Bhutan, a 2017–2022 national strategy and plan of action for the protection of children in monastic institutions was developed. 78. The South Asia Parliamentarian Platform for Children, which convened in Dhaka in May 2018, brought together legislators from across the region to safeguard children’s rights, including their right to protection from violence. 79. The Special Representative continued her cooperation with the Organization of America States (OAS). The resolution adopted by the OAS Inter-American Children’s Institute, on violence against children, 22 reaffirmed member States’ commitment to violence prevention and elimination in all settings, while calling for the sharing of good practices and experiences, especially on children’s protection from sexual exploitation and on the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and for greater use of alternatives to children’s deprivation of liberty. 22 12 See https://violenceagainstchildren.un.org/sites/violenceagainstchildren.un.org/ files/regions/engcd_res_08_92-r17.pdf.