Child protection

All children have the right to a life free from violence, exploitation, and abuse. Child protection is about protecting children from these very things by preventing child labor, child marriage, violence against children, female circumcision, gender-based violence, family separation, and sexual exploitation. Violence against children can take many forms – physical, emotional, and sexual – and children must be protected from all forms.

CHALLENGES

100% for the Children aims to strengthen family and community systems to safeguard children’s rights and wellbeing, and to develop effective child protection mechanisms.
 
In 100% for the Children, child protection is a pervasive theme that affects all our projects. We actively work with child projection through projects that seek to strengthen vulnerable families to prevent separation, protect street children, and generally put children’s rights on the agenda to strengthen child protection systems and structures in the countries we work in. 100% for the Children is a co-founder of the Danish child protection network, which i.a. has published ’Promising practices in child protection’.

Goals for child protection

By the end 2027, 100% for the Children will:

  • Secure that min. 10.000 parents can safeguard their children’s sexual and reproductive health and rights.
  • Support vulnerable families to prevent child-family separation.
  • Stregthen the role of local CSOs in reinforcing child protection systems and overseeing care reform implementation.
  • Develop a civil society approach to assist the Kenyan government in implementation of preventive community strategies.
  • Educate youth and parents on child protection laws and care reform implications.
  • Secure that min. 60% of the families in our Kenyan programmes have developed mechanisms to protect their children in the household.
  • Raise political awareness on the impacts of child-family separation, institutionalization, and disability across countries.
  • Enhance communities between- and capabilities for marginalized youth on the streets.
  • Equip local CSOs with network and tools to empower girls and young women as change agents.


HIGHLIGHTS 2023

Education in child protection

10

Employees from partner organizations in the South have been trained in key child protection mechanisms. They can now create "safe spaces" not only in schools but also in their organizations' work environments.

Ambassadors trained in Child Protection

40

Ambassadors in Kenya have been trained to promote child protection through advocacy.

Child protection network in Kenya

30

Organizations are now members of the newly established child protection network in Kenya! In 2023, we began building a network for child protection in Kenya, where the need for strong civil society organizations is significant.

Strategic tracks:

Access to education

Child protection

Health

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