Protecting children’s choices and opportunitiesChild marriage is a formal marriage or informal union involving someone younger than 18. UNICEF recognises it as a violation of children’s rights that can disrupt…
Category: Child Protection, Safeguarding and Social Accountability
Child protection, safeguarding, community accountability and technical child-protection support.
Harmful Practices
CADEF’s child protection priorities include preventing harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation. These practices undermine children’s rights, dignity and opportunities. Prevention requires attention to the social…
The Role of Communities in Child Protection
A protective community begins with shared responsibilityA child’s protective environment begins with the people around them: caregivers, neighbours, teachers and local services. Protecting children from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation…
Working with Communities to Support Children’s Protection
Conflict and displacement can disrupt children’s learning, separate them from caregivers and make support harder to reach. In the South West Region, CADEF’s community-based approach brings protection and education together,…
“Rescue Our Children From Harmful Practices”
Listening to children to build trusted protectionWhen children face a problem, knowing whom they trust is an important starting point for community protection. CADEF’s Rescue Our Children from Harmful Practices…