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UNICEF CSO ProcedureOverview of key changes, March 2015Child Protection
& Violence
against Women
in the Pacific
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Globally and in the Pacific there is
a growing body of evidence on:
◻ Impact of family violence on
children
◻ Intersection between gender-
based violence and violence
against children.
Introduction
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Data show that:
◻ Women and children growing up in PICS experience
some of the highest rates of family violence in the
world.
◻ Violence against Pacific children is most often
perpetrated by those entrusted with their care -
parents, family members, and teachers.
◻ Women who experienced IPV were more likely to
have reported their children having nightmares,
displaying aggressive behaviour, and repeating a
year of school or dropping out of school.
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Intersection between VAC &GBV
Intersection between VAC &VAW
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◻ Marital conflict
◻ Family breakdown
◻ Male dominance in the
household
◻ Economic stress
◻ Breakdown of extended
family networks
◻ Drug or alcohol abuse
Shared Risk Factors
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◻ Normalisation of violence
◻ Justification of physical violence as an acceptable
means of discipline
◻ Low status of women and girls
◻ Male sexual entitlement
◻ Taboos on talking openly about sexual abuse
◻ Perception that violence is a “family” matter, which
discourages help-seeking
Driven by similar social norms
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◻ Child maltreatment and
intimate partner violence
often co-occur within a single
household.
◻ Children in households
where women experience
intimate partner violence are
more likely to experience
neglect and maltreatment.
Co-occurrence is common
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◻ Women who report physical or sexual abuse in
childhood are more likely to experience intimate
partner violence as an adult.
◻ Men who experienced childhood abuse are more
likely to be violent in their personal relationships as
adults.
◻ Tackling child maltreatment is therefore an important
long-term strategy to reduce family violence.
Inter-generational impact of abuse
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◻ Given these intersections, close collaboration
between VAW interventions and child protection
systems building is essential.
◻ But child protection cannot simply be subsumed
within or “tacked onto” VAW initiatives.
◻ Ensuring the well-being and protection of
children requires continued investment in
strengthening national child protection systems.
Intersection between VAC & VAW
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Why a Special
Approach
is Needed to
Child Protection
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◻ CRC: Governments have added responsibility to
protect children and provide alternative care.
◻ VAW services for adult survivors are based on
women’s agency.
◻ Where children are concerned, the State must be
empowered to step in and protect those who cannot
protect themselves.
◻ This includes stepping in where necessary in the
child’s best interest, even if the parents / child do not
want help.
State responsibility towards children
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Scope of child protection systems extends
beyond family violence
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Procedures for children are different
CP Officer
Healthcare
Police
Alternative Care
Court (Care &
Protection Order)
Indv/family counselling
Guidance & Supervision
Parenting Skills
Extended family
support
Police
Health care
Shelter
CounselingLegal
Advice
Court
DV Protection
Order
GBV/ VAW Referral PathwayChild Protection Pathway
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◻ VAW referral pathways are designed to provide
short-term support to adult survivors with the aim
of supporting them towards independence.
◻ Child protection interventions must ensure the
best interest of the child until s/he turns 18.
◻ Children who are removed from their homes may
require long-term alternative care, not simply
temporary shelter.
Children often need more long-term solutions
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◻ Often same service
providers for both
categories of survivors.
◻ Some skills and
sensitivities apply
equally to both, but
children’s cases require
different procedures
and approaches, and
specialist skills.
Dealing with children requires unique skill-set
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DFAT / UNICEF Approach in the PICs
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◻ UNICEF and DFAT working with PIC governments to
design child protection systems that:
▷ Feasible and appropriate to the national context and
culture;
▷ Build on community caring practices and informal
support networks;
▷ Reinforce central role of social welfare in
coordinating services for children and families, and
leading the case management and referral process.
Strengthening Child Protection Systems
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◻ Improving linkages
between formal system
and informal/community
mechanisms;
◻ Working collaboratively
with community leaders to
address child welfare and
protection concerns;
◻ Strong focus on prevention
and early intervention
Strengthening Child Protection Systems
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◻ Emphasis on family preservation and consensus-
based decision-making with active involvement of
parents, extended family and community leaders to
address problems.
◻ Also improving coordination between welfare
officers, teachers, health workers and justice sector
professional to ensure timely and effective formal
sector response, where necessary.
◻ Priority on family-based forms of alternative care.
Strengthening Child Protection Systems
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◻ Better integration of efforts to address common
social norms:
▷ Promote loving, respectful and violence-free
families
▷ Address alcohol or drug addiction
▷ Target social norms relating to male dominance
and sexual relationships
Child Protection/ VAW Collaboration
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◻ VAW services designed to
take into account the
needs of children in the
family.
◻ Coordinated case
management and
integrated service delivery
where both the child and
mother experience family
violence.
Child Protection/ VAW Collaboration
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◻ VAW shelters able to provide safe accommodation
for mothers with their children (boys and girls)
◻ Capacity building for service providers and justice
sector professionals:
▷ Foundational knowledge, sensitivities and skills applicable to both adults and children;
▷ Principles and approaches for survivor-centred support to adult survivors of VAW;
▷ Specialise skills and approaches for dealing with child survivors.
Child Protection/ VAW Collaboration
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Thank You