Project profile — Support to Child Protection Programme in Ghana

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened national child protection system that protects children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and discrimination in the five most deprived regions of Ghana; and (2) strengthened delivery of justice services for children in Ghana.

Results achieved as of March 2018 include: (1) the skills and competencies of over 860 child protection stakeholders (291 women) working in municipal district assemblies were improved through child protection case management training; (2) over 200 directors, planning officers and financial analysts from selected district assemblies received training on child protection inclusion, to better integrate the theme in their mid-term district development plans; (3) 16 out of the 20 earmarked districts have included child protection issues in their development plans, while nine of them dispensed funds for child protection interventions in their districts; (4) child protection was integrated into courses being offered by the University of Development Studies (UDS), Faculty of Integrated Development Studies (FIDS) in Wa, Upper West Region; and (5) the programme engaged directly with 908,860 Ghanaians on a wide range of child protection and sexual and gender-based issues, including child trafficking and child marriage.