Child Protection System and Challenges in Pakistan

Abstract

Child protection refers to preventing and responding to child abuse and exploitation, that is, child labour, trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and harmful customary practices. This paper is about child protection issues in Pakistan, one of the South Asian countries in the Indian sub-continent. Pakistan has agreed to provide children with special protection, as a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child [UNCRC]. Consequently, it is mandatory for the state to protect children. The authors review both internal and external factors affecting child protection in Pakistan in addition to outlining the challenges faced by South Asian countries in the realm of child protection. It then draws recommendations for efficient child protection system in Pakistan.

Keywords

Violence, Child Rights, State, Social Welfare, Child Protection, Pakistan

Author Biography

Maliha Gul Tarar

Lecturer in  Social Work,, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

Mrs. Amber Ali

Mrs. Amber Ali, MSW, ( ACU), is an Intensive Family Support Practitioner working in Australia   aqa_amber@hotmail.com

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