Infant Protection Day

Child protection is the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect. Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides for the protection of children in and out of the home. One of the ways to ensure this is by giving them quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.

Child protection systems are a set of usually government-run services designed to protect children and young people who are underage and to encourage family stability. UNICEF defines a ‘child protection system’ as:

the set of laws, policies, regulations and services needed across all social sectors – especially social welfare, education, health, security and justice – to support prevention and response to protection-related risks. These systems are part of social protection, and extend beyond it. At the level of prevention, their aim includes supporting and strengthening families to reduce social exclusion, and to lower the risk of separation, violence and exploitation. Responsibilities are often spread across government agencies, with services delivered by local authorities, non-State providers, and community groups, making coordination between sectors and levels, including routine referral systems etc.., a necessary component of effective child protection systems.

Importance of Child/Infant Protection:- 

Children who are maltreated are at increased risk of lifelong developmental challenges, HIV infection and other physical, emotional and social problems. Moreover, these outcomes compromise the economic and social development of societies, so protecting children from harm is a vital aspect of development programs. This the importance of protecting infant and children.

Problems faced by INFANT/CHILD as per unicef :- 

a)Child labour

b)Child abuse :-

1) Physical abuse 

2) Child Sexual abuse 

3) Neglect 

4) Psychological abuse 

c)Endangerment and infanticide 

d)Psychological responsibility 

e)Child maltreatment

A 2014 European Commission survey on child protection systems listed the following categories of children needing help some of them as follows:- 

-Child victims of sexual abuse/exploitation

-Child victims of neglect or abuse

-Child victims of trafficking

-Children with disabilities

Infant/Child Protection Policies by unicef :- 

1)The laws of negligence and contract

2)Safeguarding the welfare of the child

3)Proper consent or agreement

4)Welfare, risk assessment and the calculus of negligence

5)Promoting the welfare of the child and the CAF Assessment

   Thank you 

🇮🇳JAI HIND🇮🇳

Written By :-

Phatak Deepika Nilesh 

Arts/B, Roll No. : 120

NSS Volunteer 

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