Child Protection & Rights
Preventing child labor, early marriages, and establishing child-friendly safe spaces.
Program Overview & Strategy
Advocating for the rights of vulnerable children, establishing child-friendly protection spaces during emergencies, and campaigning against early child marriage and child labor.
Partnered with Save the Children and Girls Not Brides network, DIN operates localized Child Rights Vigilance Committees. We create child-friendly safe spaces (CFSs) in flood emergency camps, offer psychosocial support, and educate parents and local elders on child protection laws in Pakistan.
Program Objectives & Pillars
- Child-Friendly Spaces (CFSs) in disaster shelters
- Anti-Child Marriage advocacy & Girls Not Brides campaign
- Child protection committees at village levels
- Psychosocial support & birth registration assistance
Projects Executed Under Child Protection & Rights
Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) & Protection in Disaster Camps
Establishing 12 Child-Friendly Spaces providing psychosocial support, recreational activities, and protection screening for flood-displaced children.
Early Child Marriage Prevention & Campaigning
District-wide legal awareness campaign highlighting the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act among nikah registrars and village elders.