Child Protection
The child protection programme consists of one project:
1.“Vulnerable and Excluded Children Project”
Planned Activities (2007-2009):
- Establishing capacity for rapid assessments of specific violations of child protection rights
- Establishing capacity to analyse and respond to specific violations of child protection rights
- Establishing early warning systems in order to prevent specific violations of child protection rights
- Improving of laws, policies and mechanisms to detect and report child abuse building on past achievements in this area.
- Developing referral systems for counselling and rehabilitation of children abused
- Continuous capacity building of relevant institutions engaged in the prevention, identification, and protection of children victims of specific violations of child protection rights.
- Developing a monitoring mechanism against the use of children in camel racing
- Enhancing the use of pilot projects as a way of replication of best practices on a national scale
- Awareness raising campaigns aimed both at decision makers and the public about issues such as child abuse, child labour, domestic violence, etc.
