Parents, care-givers and community Community mobilisation: Continue members in three outer islands and on strengthening The task force on CSEC has Tarawa understand and are able to partnership with been established to plan and practice positive behaviour that protects local communities monitor implementation of related children from violence, abuse and and support their activities. exploitation. initiatives Key messages on the prevention Island Councils/Village Communities in Proceed with of CSEC have been developed three outer islands and in Tarawa evidence base and been used in the PBA incorporate child protection into their evaluation. national fortnight radio program development plans, involving religious Continue to work and community awareness. leaders, civil society organisations and through MoUs with Government has been supporting other community members, including relevant state and the community awareness young people. non-state agencies campaigns via in schools Children from three outer islands and in Continue to collect and communities. Traditional Tarawa are aware of their protection quantitative leaders, so called are “unimanes” rights, form and express their views at numbers of number directly targeted in social home, in school and amongst peers and of referrals mobilisation initiatives to ensure and are less likely to get involved in they have greater awareness of Implement system criminal activities (Island level) CSEC. Parents, teachers and to monitor As a result of intensive awareness other community leaders are also outcomes of campaigns community members involved. referred cases including children feel more through case MSC stories have been collected comfortable in accessing social welfare management from beneficiaries including services and number of cases assisted system. children. Key messages to by social welfare unit has increasing y address different protection Continue for the last 3 years (277 cases for 2010 concerns have been developed, implementation of against 161 and 216 in 2008 and 2009 refined and used to raise 2008 MoU between respectively. By mid-2011 the social awareness on the positive Ministry of Health welfare had handled over 370 cases behaviour and MISA to when for the same period of 2010 the promote birth Implementation of police number of cases was significant less. registration at grass diversion for young people in Civil registration e-database has root and extend to conflict with the law has been installed in 8 Islands and will speed up other sectors. strengthened and data collection the submission of information on civil mechanism consolidated. The registration process from Outer Islands. decreased number of juvenile The national coverage for 0-18 years cases at court level shows the old is around 90% correlated link between the sustainable implementation of police diversion. Child Protection Program: Summary of Findings Vanuatu – Key Achievements 2010 Baseline
Parents, care-givers and community members in three outer islands and on Tarawa understand and are able to practice positive behaviour that protects children from violence, abuse and exploitation. Island Councils/Village Communities in three outer islands and in Tarawa incorporate child protection into their development plans, involving religious leaders, civil society organisations and other community members, including young people. Children from three outer islands and in Tarawa are aware of their protection rights, form and express their views at home, in school and amongst peers and are less likely to get involved in criminal activities (Island level) As a result of intensive awareness campaigns community members including children feel more comfortable in accessing social welfare services and number of cases assisted by social welfare unit has increasing y for the last 3 years (277 cases for 2010 against 161 and 216 in 2008 and 2009 respectively. By mid-2011 the social welfare had handled over 370 cases when for the same period of 2010 the number of cases was significant less. Civil registration e-database has installed in 8 Islands and will speed up the submission of information on civil registration process from Outer Islands. The national coverage for 0-18 years old is around 90% Community mobilisation: The task force on CSEC has been established to plan and monitor implementation of related activities. Key messages on the prevention of CSEC have been developed and been used in the PBA national fortnight radio program and community awareness. Government has been supporting the community awareness campaigns via in schools and communities. Traditional leaders, so called “unimanes” are directly targeted in social mobilisation initiatives to ensure they have greater awareness of CSEC. Parents, teachers and other community leaders are also involved. MSC stories have been collected from beneficiaries including children. Key messages to address different protection concerns have been developed, refined and used to raise awareness on the positive behaviour Implementation of police diversion for young people in conflict with the law has been strengthened and data collection mechanism consolidated. The decreased number of juvenile cases at court level shows the correlated link between the sustainable implementation of police diversion. Continue strengthening partnership with local communities and support their initiatives Proceed with evidence base evaluation. Continue to work through MoUs with relevant state and non-state agencies Continue to collect quantitative numbers of number and of referrals Implement system to monitor outcomes of referred cases through case management system. Continue implementation of 2008 MoU between Ministry of Health and MISA to promote birth registration at grass root and extend to other sectors. Child Protection Program: Summary of Findings – Vanuatu Key Achievements 2010 Baseline