The Children's Institute is a leader in child policy research and advocacy in South Africa. Their activities focus on key challenges to the well-being of South Africa's children: poverty, inequality, HIV/AIDS, high infant and child mortality and morbidity, violence and abuse, and limited voice. Their purpose is to provide evidence to assist policy-makers and practitioners to create policies, programmes and institutions that support the best interests of the country's children. The Children's Institute at University of Cape Town, aims to contribute to policies, laws and interventions that promote equality and realise the rights and improve the conditions of all children in South Africa, through research, advocacy, education and technical support.