Call for Papers

The Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Directorate for Children Services is organizing the 2nd International Conference on Child Protection in Africa. The conference will be held from 22nd – 24th November 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. This conference brings together key actors and stakeholders in the field of Child Protection in Africa and beyond. The conference will focus on violence against children which is a menace at both regional and global level. Participants will share and interrogate existing evidence and chart pathways to ending violence against children in the interest of creating safer environments.

Sub-themes

  1. VAC and access to justice
  2. Political factors in the context of VAC
  3. Social workforce capacity to prevent and respond to VAC
  4. Culture as an enabler and impediment to VAC
  5. Evidence on challenges/effective prevention and response to VAC
  6. Assessing available standards for quality assurance and case management in VAC
  7. Mitigating vulnerabilities predisposing children to violence
  8. Technology as an enabler and intervention to VAC
  9. Alternative family and community-based care as a pathway to prevent and respond to VAC
  10. Prevention and response to VAC in Humanitarian context
  11. Mitigating VAC and strengthening systems post-COVID-19
  12. Sustainable funding for enhancing prevention and response to VAC
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