Family and Child Welfare

Family and Child Welfare 3 (3+0)

Lesson 4 : Millennium Development Goals and Child Protection

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Partnerships for Child Protection: Child Protection demands inter-sectoral cooperation at the national and state and lower levels. Creating a protective environment for children means partnering with local government, civil society, the UN and NGO partners to put protective systems in place by strengthening government commitment, promoting adequate legislation to better protect children ,strengthen systems and capacities, providing services, addressing attitudes and customs, monitoring and reporting, developing children’s life skills and encouraging open discussion. Role of private/corporate sector needs to be considered.