Driver Category 2.8

Lack of policies to protect children's integrity, particularly in relation of sex abuse and child pornography

This driver category focuses specifically on aspects related to children's legal and physical security.

Guiding Questions

General questions

• Are children adequately protected in the legal system to ensure that violation and exploitation against them leads to prosecution?
• Do courts have the power to appoint legal guardians when necessary?
• Is there an adequately resourced child protection system with well trained social workers and health workers able to conduct home visitations?
• Is there a child protection monitoring system to track incidents of violence and abuse and to enable monitoring and support services for children at risk of abuse?
• Are there systems and training on child protection embedded into other public institutions (e.g. residential care, schools)?
• Are there mandatory disclosure policies?
• Are there public information campaigns to educate parents on child development and on non-violent forms of discipline?
• Are there policies to prevent the possession, receipt, distribution, advertisement and production of child pornography?
• Are there enforced policies to combat child sex trafficking including the provision of adequate resources to law enforcement agencies for action in this area, public outreach to help with prevention (as well as with the identification and recovery of child victims), and support services for child victims?

Indicators

Potential indicators to monitor the drivers of inequalities in this main driver category

• Amount spent on child protection system (national and by region)
• % of reported cases of child sex abuse leading to a conviction
• Number of prosecutions for child pornography
• Number of prosecutions for child trafficking

Candidate Policies

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