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We need to give attention to child protection if we want a sustainable development
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Child Protection
Md Nazmul Alam
Project Manager
Child Protection Sector
What is Child Protection?
‘child protection’ is a set of measures and structures toprevent and respond to abuse, neglect, violence andexploitation affecting development of children.
Child Protection – Global Context
• According to UNCRC Article 32,34 & 35 recognized Children’s right to beProtected
• Economic exploitation & hazardous work
• Sexual exploitation
• Trafficking
• More than one million children are trafficked every year
• More than one million have been orphaned or separated• More than one million have been orphaned or separated
• 50 million girls and 73 million boys becomes victim of raped or subjected to otherforms of sexual violence
• Around the world 115 million children are involved in the worst forms of childlabour
• Just over one billion children live in countries or territories affected by armed conflict
• Three out of four children experience violent discipline at home.
• In Bangladesh, 64% of women get married before the age of 18.
Child Protection Strategy SCiBD: 2013-2015
Core Strategic Priorities:
• Priority 1: Children Without Appropriate Care
• Priority 2: Violence Against Children
• Priority 3: Working Children
Crosscutting Priorities:
• Priority 4: Children Affected by Emergencies
• Priority 5: Program Quality, Scale and Sustainability
Child Protection & Our Working Approach
Child rights approach: • Every child has rights to be protected and
cared for
Community-based and National Child Protection Systems: • A holistic, inclusive, sustainable and well-
coordinated way to protect all children
Government
Civil societies
Families
coordinated way to protect all children keeping mind their specific needs
• Partnership with governments and civil society actors
• Promote meaningful participation
Children
Child Protection System (CPS) Elements & Actors
6. Resilient Child 7. Circle of care
Child Protection System elements
1. Laws & policies
2. Service 3. Capacities 4. Coordination 5. Accountability
Sustainable Development Framework & Child Protection System
Human progressEquality Sustainability
Human Rights
7. Circle of care6. Resilient Child 7. Circle of care
Inclusive social
development
Policy & laws
SustainableEnvironment
Inclusive Economic
development
1. Laws & policies
2. Service 3. Capacities 4. Coordination 5. Accountability
Adapted & modified: UN Task Team Report on post 2015 UN Development agenda (2012)
Why focus on Child Protection?
1. Healthy women and children are agents of sustainable development (1992 Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development, Principle 20)
2. Investing in women and children (i.e. in the health and education) will reduce child and maternal mortality, slow population
5. Protection, care and rights of children can strengthen resilience and promote the ability of children to contribute to their societies in the future
6. Children’s voices, choices and participation are critical for the sustainable futuremortality, slow population
growth and break vicious cycles of poverty
3. Promoting protective factors of children is a cornerstone of creating a sustainable, stable and prosperous future
4. Safe, healthy and well-educated children are the pillars of sustainable development
participation are critical for the sustainable future
7. Abuse, violence & exploitation cause a range of acute and long-term damages to physical and mental health
THANK YOU
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