PESHAWAR: In a significant step towards ensuring the protection and welfare of children in the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Child Protection Unit (CPU) was inaugurated in Bajaur on Thursday.
The CPU aims to safeguard and promote the rights of children, providing prevention and response to cases of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Additional Secretary Social Welfare Department KP, Muhammad Farooq opened the unit.
The establishment of this CPU reflects the government’s strong commitment to ensuring the protection of children at risk and fostering a safer environment for the most vulnerable members of society.
The additional secretary pressed his appreciation to the Department of Social Welfare for the inauguration of the CPU in Bajaur.
He said that the establishment of Child Protection Unit is a direct response to this persistent need, adding that children face various forms of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, here and it was a shared responsibility to build stronger systems to protect them from all forms of abuse and exploitation.
He thanked to UNICEF, especially Sohail Ahmad Child Protection Specialist, for his continuous technical and financial support for the Child Protection in MDs, and hoped that the partnership would continue in future to provide every possible support to protect child rights.
Deputy Commissionaire Bajaur Shahid Ali added that the establishment of Child Protection Unit is a direct response to protection needs of child at risk.
“Our responsibility is to strengthen systems that will protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and provide them safe environment.”
He added that District Child Protection Committees had been notified under the KP Child Protection act 2010, chaired by the Deputy Commissioner which reflected the Government’s commitment at the district level to uphold children’s rights.
This committee held monthly meetings, serve as a platform for discussing child protection challenges and formulating strategies to improve referrals and case management processes, he informed.–APP
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