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Middle East and North Africa: Regional Study of Decentralized Child Protection Systems
Throughout 2011 and 2012, Child Frontiers will be collaborating with UNICEF Middle East and North Africa regional and country offices to study child protection systems in the region. This will incorporate national level mappings of both the child welfare and child justice systems. Specifically, the studies will assess the functioning of local level child protective services, exploring the extent to which these services are perceived by both service providers and clients (children and families) as appropriate and effective in meeting protection needs. The countries involved in the study are:
EGYPT, IRAQ, LEBANON, TUNISIA, YEMEN [more]
West Africa: Mapping and Assessment of National Child Protection Systems
Child Frontiers has recently concluded a two-year collaboration with a consortium of international agencies (Save the Children Sweden and Finland, Plan International and UNICEF WCA) to map and assess child protection systems in West Africa. This program of study represented a significant departure from previous national mapping initiatives in that informal, family and community practices for child protection were studied in relation to formal national protection systems. The study focused on the national context and international influences that have, for various reasons, led to the adoption of particular formal child protection models in the region. These systems were juxtaposed with traditional, community protection practices to provide a picture of the congruence and convergence between the systems. With an understanding of how and why formal child protection systems are functioning (or not) in relation to informal, community based practices, country specific recommendations for reform were shaped. The five countries involved in the study were:
COTE D'IVOIRE, GHANA, NIGER, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE [more]
South East Asia: Mapping and Assessment of Child and Family Welfare Systems
Since 2009, Child Frontiers has supported several UNICEF Country Offices to conduct assessments of their national child and family welfare systems. These studies were conducted following the implementation of the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific regional strategy, and were closely aligned to the toolkit developed to conceptualize and build national protection systems. The countries were:
INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, TIMOR-LESTE, LAO PDR [more]
Lao PDR: Study on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
In late 2010, Child Frontiers collaborated with the Lao PDR Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF, UNIAP, Save the Children and World Vision to conduct a study on the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). The objective of this study was to develop a picture of the different manifestations of CSEC that exist in Lao PDR and document current efforts to prevent and response to such child exploitation. As Child Frontiers had conducted an assessment of the Lao PDR child and family welfare system in 2009, this second research project presented a unique opportunity to consider how a strategy for combating CSEC could be integrated within a wider reform process of the child and family welfare system. [more]
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