Policy Brief: Children’s rights and positive parenting issues in Zambia

Positive parenting in sub-Saharan Africa is undeveloped and fundamentally inadequate. Few countries have policies that focus specifically on positive parenting or a framework for parenting into which this is integrated and defined as a priority. Given the significance of enabling environmental factors for good parenting, the ‘mainstreaming’ of support for parents is important for enabling positive parenting. It is against this background that Sonke embarked on the process of developing this policy brief, in partnership with Save the Children Zambia and their implementing partners within the parenting space.