The Effects of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms on Sexual Violence against Children in Rombo District, Tanzania

Reuben, Michael; Mohamed, Fauzia; Mutasa, Felician

doi:10.4236/jss.2022.101005

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“…Globally, the development of CBCPS can be linked to the 1990s and the 2000s, when a large portion of the work done on child protection by international organisations was solely concerned with issues like child labour, street children, child sexual exploitation, and child trafficking. Although these efforts assisted children, research suggests that their impact on protecting children from abuse was minimal and that these interventions were fragmented (Reuben et al, 2022). It has been demonstrated that both achievements and failures have been associated with the implementation of the CBCPS.…”

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“…Children in the community, both residents and migrants, are both the recipients and the contributors of child protection services. They use their own feelings and experiences to participate in building a child protection system and learn to protect themselves instead of relying on others (Reuben et al, 2022).…”

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“…It is expected that the CBCP interventions will be useful in protecting children from abuse and exploitation by having them link as well as collaborate with other recognised nationwide child protection system structures within the community. Adults and children in a community are most qualified to identify protection-related issues and create feasible solutions in collaboration with service providers (Reuben et al, 2022). Protection violations may also be a result of how communities regard and treat children, including how they view child sexual abuse and exploitation.…”

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Child abuse is a global problem. Community-based Child Protection Structures, which are one of the strategies to deal with this problem, have been riddled with challenges like poor enforcement. The study aimed at assessing communitybased child protection structures in Mukuru Kwa Njenga informal settlements in Nairobi County. The study employed a crosssectional survey research design to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. A sample size of 280 participants was selected using both purposive sampling and random sampling techniques. Qualitative data was analysed and presented verbatim as narrations. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS version 25. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were carried out. These were presented in tables and graphs. The study revealed that more than four-fifths, 81%, of the respondents had witnessed child maltreatment in Mukuru Kwa Njenga. However, many of the child abuse cases were not reported and or acted upon as new ways had been put in place to avoid different child abuse cases being detected and acted on. Several reasons were advanced for the non-action on child abuse. Some of the respondents indicated that people resorted to other means of dealing with the problem of child abuse. Others did not bother to report, for they felt nothing would be done. There was also the fear of revenge from the family of the perpetrator. The study recommends that the government should strengthen existing policies that advocate for appropriate child protection and enhance community participation to improve the effective implementation of CBCPSs.

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“…Konsekuensinya, orang tua pada tahap ini harus menawarkan konsep pernikahan yang matang, termasuk tentang pengasuhan anak (Hidayah, Fakhruddiana, & Maharani, 2021). Intervensi dalam rangka pencegahan kekerasan terhadap anak yang dilakukan melalui pendampingan perlu dilakukan sebab dapat membuat orang tua lebih waspada, menunjukkan perilaku bersedia dan siap untuk melaporkan tindakan kekerasan terhadap anak ke mekanisme perlindungan anak berbasis masyarakat, memiliki peningkatan akses layanan kekerasan terhadap anak, mampu meningkatkan penanganan kasus yang dilaporkan ke mekanisme perlindungan anak berbasis masyarakat, dan telah terbukti meningkatkan pelaporan kasus kekerasan seksual terhadap anak kepada polisi dan petugas kesejahteraan sosial (Reuben, Mohamed, & Mutasa, 2022). Berdasarkan uraian di atas, dapat diamati bahwa diperlukan adanya psikoedukasi sebagai bentuk pendampingan pengasuhan anak bagi pasangan muda untuk pencegahan kekerasan pada anak.…”

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Efektifitas Psikoedukasi Pencegahan Kekerasan terhadap Anak Pada Pasangan Orang Tua Muda di Kota Kupang

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One of the recommendations which is principle regarding cases of violence against children is that all violence against children can be prevented and countries should invest in evidence-based policies and programs to address the factors that lead to violence against children. By means of psychoeducation for young parents who are in the early years of marriage (0-10 years), this community service activity is aimed at preventing and deal with violence against children. This activity was held at the Gedung Pramuka, Oesapa Village, Kelapa Lima District, Kupang City. Forty-one parents in Kupang City participated in this community service activity. In this community service activity, 23 participants who are in the early years of marriage became research participants. The community service is carried out by providing psychoeducational materials about the prevention and handling of violence against children, while the research is carried out using an experimental method using a one-group pretest-posttest design. The result of hypothesis testing indicates that psychoeducational activity to prevent violence against children have a positive effect on the understanding of young parents in Kupang City. ABSTRAK: Salah satu rekomendasi yang merupakan prinsip terkait kasus kekerasan pada anak adalah semua kekerasan terhadap anak dapat dicegah dan negara-negara harus berinvestasi dalam kebijakan dan program berbasis bukti untuk mengatasi faktor-faktor yang menimbulkan kekerasan terhadap anak. Melalui psikoedukasi bagi orang tua muda yang berada pada tahap tahun-tahun awal pernikahan (0-10 tahun), kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini ditujukan untuk mencegah dan menangani kekerasan terhadap anak. Kegiatan ini diselenggarakan di Gedung Pramuka, Kelurahan Oesapa, Kecamatan Kelapa Lima, Kota Kupang. Empat puluh satu orang tua di Kota Kupang berpartisipasi sebagai peserta kegiatan pengabdian. Dalam kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini, selanjutnya sebanyak 23 orang peserta yang berada pada tahap tahun-tahun awal pernikahan menjadi partisipan penelitian. Kegiatan pengabdian dilakukan dengan memberikan materi psikoedukasi tentang pencegahan dan penanganan kekerasan terhadap anak, sedangkan penelitian dilakukan dengan metode eksperimen dengan menggunakan one-group pretest-posttest design. Hasil uji hipotesis menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan psikoedukasi pencegahan kekerasan terhadap anak berpengaruh positif pada pemahaman pasangan orang tua muda di Kota Kupang.

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“…Recently, investigators have examined the prevalence, context, and health outcomes of VAC (Vagi et al, 2016), its impact (Hillis et al, 2017), possible remedies (Lachman et al, 2020;Martin et al, 2021), and existing interventions (Reuben et al, 2022;Wangamati et al, 2022). Although some research has been carried out on community-based child protection mechanisms in Tanzania (e.g., Reuben et al, 2022), there is still limited understanding of the dynamics of civil society networks and connections at different levels as well as the advantages of networks, and the challenges they face, in regard to VAC prevention and response. Extensive research has been conducted on civil society networking generally without focusing on VAC.…”

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Reflections on Networking Dynamics to Address Violence Against Children in Tanzania

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Kakuru

2022

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This article is based on a study conducted to understand the functionality and connectivity of existing networks and their impact on the prevention and response to violence against children (VAC) in East Africa. We adopted an exploratory qualitative approach in which a bottom-up purposive selection of study participants was used. Data were collected using focus group discussions with grassroots actors, interviews with network leads at the grassroots district and national levels, and VAC network funders. The study was carried out in Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam region in three districts (Kigamboni, Temeke, and Ilala) and eight wards. Our findings show that because the nature of VAC is complex and multidimensional, efforts to respond to it also exhibit these qualities. Depending on the goal, networking takes various forms, and VAC networks can have unspecified lifespans. VAC networking results from strategic decision-making that yields many benefits, including a stronger voice and visibility, enhanced impact, and potential efficiency. However, networks also encounter bottlenecks that negatively impact their goals. This is an indication that VAC network actors ought to be more reflexive regarding the space they occupy in the network and intentionally pursue strong relationships among actors and networks.

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The Effects of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms on Sexual Violence against Children in Rombo District, Tanzania

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Navigating Child Protection Challenges in Nairobi’s Mukuru Kwa Njenga Informal Settlement

Navigating Child Protection Challenges in Nairobi’s Mukuru Kwa Njenga Informal Settlement

Efektifitas Psikoedukasi Pencegahan Kekerasan terhadap Anak Pada Pasangan Orang Tua Muda di Kota Kupang

Reflections on Networking Dynamics to Address Violence Against Children in Tanzania

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