373. Mass media awareness-campaigns are regularly organized about the harmful
effects of these practices and perpretrators are sanctioned.
374. With regard to the inclusion of sale and abduction of children in the data
collection system of the National Commission for Reception and Social Reintegration
of Children, Victims of Trafficking, there is an annual production of a monitoring
chart on child protection, coordinated by the Ministry of Social Action. It provides
information on the main indicators of child protection in the country and takes into
account both situations. Since 2012, a subsidy has been granted to the Ministry of
Child Protection for the provision of care for identified children who are victims of
trafficking.
373. Various programmes including preventive actions and care ahave been initiated
with technical and financial support from UNICEF, International NGOs and Civil
Society organisations. Among others, the following programmes can be cited:
- ‘‘Child Protection and Adolescent Empowernment programme 2014 – 2018’’
implemented with the support of UNICEF;
- National Programme to address teenage pregnancies in school and non-school
environments 2015-2019;
- Projects dubbed ‘‘Promoting a fulfilling environment for the education and
learning of children and young people in Togo’’ and ‘‘Educate Alternatively
I’’ carried out by BØRNEfonden from 2011 to 2014 in the Maritime Region,
part of the Plateaux and Kara regions. ‘‘Educate Alternatively II’’, which is
currently being implemented in some localities in the Kara and Plateaux
Regions can equip teachers with non-violent methods of education through
alternative measures;
- The validation in January 2015 of national guidelines for juvenile justice in
Togo;
- Implementation by Plan International-Togo of projects such as‘‘Gender
Sensitive and Education devoid ofViolence’’ and ‘‘Promotion of the Rights of
Adolescents To Sexual Health’’ with the support of the EU;
- The development of a communication strategy on cultural practices that are
harmful to children, including the elimination of children born with deformities
followed by sensitization sessions in the highly affected communities;
374. With regard to Prison Officers and other professionals, the following intitiatives
have been considered:
Introduction of a module on child rights and protection in basic education and
in-service training for security forces, criminal justice professionals, social workers;
Definition of a protocol to care for child victims of abuse, violence and
exploitation;
Appointment of juvenile judges for most courts;
Definition of guidelines to deal with child offenders,
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