Protecting the Rights of Conflict-Affected and Vulnerable Children and Youth

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of government and non-government actors to safeguard and promote the rights of conflict-affected and vulnerable children and youth in Colombia focusing on the Tumaco and Cartagena regions. In Tumaco the project addresses the rights of children and youth to survival development participation and protection. It provides training and support to government and non-government actors and builds their capacities in the following areas: (i) prenatal and post-natal services reproductive health and water and sanitation services; (ii) civil registration early childhood development and quality primary education; (iii) the participation of children and youth in decision-making as actors of change in the prevention of violence; (iv) awareness and prevention of and protection from abuse and exploitation of children and youth. In Cartagena the project focuses on the right of children and youth to protection. It provides training and support to government and non-government actors and builds their capacities in preventing the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth and in protecting and rehabilitating children and youth.

Expected results for this project include: better access to prenatal and post-natal services reproductive health and water and sanitation services; better access for children to civil registration early childhood development and quality primary education; enhanced participation of children and youth in decision-making as actors of change in the prevention of violence; enhanced awareness and prevention of and protection from abuse and exploitation of children and youth.