This case study is part of a UNICEF global initiative, undertaken in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada to document national child protection frameworks in five core programming countries: Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Senegal and the United Republic of Tanzania. The studies are intended to generate a better understanding of the country context, Government response, engagement by other actors and additional factors that are contributing to success in protecting children from violence, exploitation and abuse.
Information for this case study was collected between April 2014 and June 2015 through a desk review of literature, supplemented by stakeholder consultations and meetings. To gain a better understanding of the financial implications of national child protection, an analysis was made to project the additional costs of taking child protection systems to scale, in particular for social welfare, police gender and children’s desks, and local Government authority budgets.
