Support to Child Protection Programme in Ghana

The project aims to better protect children from violence exploitation abuse and discrimination by strengthening national child protection laws and policies improving child and family welfare and justice services and promoting positive and protective attitudes and behaviours towards children. The project includes: supporting the development of a National Child and Family Welfare Policy and a Juvenile Justice Policy; training child protection service providers on prevention measures and early child interventions; developing a revised social work curriculum; seeking the support of traditional and religious leaders for child protection including child early and forced marriages; developing and implementing a comprehensive national birth registry with a specific focus on hard-to-reach northern areas; and helping the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit and selected courts become more child-friendly. The project focuses on the five most deprived regions of Ghana and expects to help 4.5 million children.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened national child protection system that protects children from violence exploitation abuse and discrimination in the five most deprived regions of Ghana; and (2) strengthened delivery of justice services for children in Ghana.