Child protection

1. Ensure the establishment of functioning information systems on protection issues within different governmental and non-governmental organisations. (Child abuse, child labour, Children deprived of parental care, child disability, Domestic violence, Substance Abuse and street/working children) by 2005.

2. Ensure that on a yearly basis, 40% of the public have precise knowledge of six key messages on child/woman protection areas of concern.

3. Ensure that five legislative texts are harmonised with the CRC, CEDAW, and related international conventions and that guidelines for their enactment exist by 2006.

Major Strategies:

1. Given the initial analysis of role patterns in the field of child protection, UNICEF-supported programmes can address a gap in protecting the right of children deprived of parental care, disabled children and children victims of abuse since these are areas of child protection that are receiving less support compared to child labour or street children for example.
2. In-depth role pattern analysis of the various stakeholders to identify gaps in service delivery.
3. Capacity building to strengthen monitoring mechanisms and establish databases related to child and women protection issues.
4. Operational research linked to policy advocacy with government decision-makers to engage them in changing regulations and administrative procedures related to protection .
5. Communication and advocacy to raise awareness about key protection messages targeting the general public.

Major Activities:

1. Development of appropriate nationally endorsed indicators
2. Support to operational research and field studies to build a national information base on protection issues .
3. Establishment of monitoring systems at the Governorate and NGO levels.
4. Training of specialised institutions in monitoring, data collection and dissemination.
5. Advocacy/ programme support communication and development of IEC materials.
6. Conducting opinion polls to measure impact of communication campaigns.
7. Roundtable discussions and workshops with parliamentarians, law professionals and judiciary.

Major Partners:

• Ministries of Social Development, Health, Education, Awqaf and Religious Affairs
• Legislative Bureau
• National Centre for Human Rights
• Family Protection Department of the Directorate of Public Security
• Media
• Jordan River Foundation
• Mizan Law Group
• Jordanian Women’s Union
• British Council
• International Labour Organisation (ILO)
• National Council for Family Affairs

Indicators for verification of achievement:

• Number of institutions with established information systems.
• Number of indicators developed.
• Existence of data on various protection fields.
• Percentage of public awareness of six specific protection issues.
• New legislation adopted.
• Existence of guidelines.