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