New article on child protection:
Children's protection from violence, exploitation, and abuse is weak in much of the
world, despite near universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child. Often, improved legislation is not accompanied by significant changes in
state or private practices and capacity. The types of programmatic response
supported have tended to be curative rather than preventative in nature, addressing
symptoms rather than the underlying systems that have failed to protect children.
This article proposes a conceptual framework for programming, identifying elements
key to protecting children in any environment as well as the factors that strengthen
or undermine the protection available. Using this shared platform for analysis,
human rights and development actors can bring greater coherence to activities that
strengthen child protection.
Visit: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/child_protection.pdf

New report on child trafficking in Togo:
It is estimated that 12 per cent of children in Togo, West Africa are being removed
from their homes in rural areas and sent to work for little or no pay. In a practice
similar to slavery, children are being trafficked to far- away cities and across
Togo's borders. Nowadays the traffickers are just as likely to be family friends or
relatives. In a new report, published to mark International Day of Missing Children
on 25 May, Plan says that children and young people are falling prey to traffickers
because of lack of education and employment opportunities. The children recruited -
with or without parental consent - leave their homes in the hope of making enough
money to support their families, continue their education or just to buy basic
material goods. Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5606 [Source: CRIN]