CHILD PROTECTION
Young females in Liberia suffer the brunt epidemic of gender based violence (GBV). The majority of Liberian girls have their first child before reaching the age of 18 due to forced early marriages and rape. As a result, the HIV infection rate among pregnant female adolescents and young women stage at the increase.
Since children and youth have limited access to justice or the protection and enforcement of their rights under the legal system. Protecting the rights of children will contribute to achieving poverty reduction goals of Liberia and ensure the active participation of children and young people in supporting good governance and the growth agenda over the long term. BIRD-Liberia will engage government and partners in ensuring that young people be given proper attention to achieving these goals indicated in the PRS.
Additionally, in order for young people to contribute fully to the revitalization of the Liberian economy, economic stability, and the maintenance of basic subsistence, they must have increased access to the education, skills, and capital needed to take advantage of employment opportunities.
BIRD STAFF & PARTNERS SAFEGUARDING TRAINING NEWS ARTICLES 2021!
15 Active Child Protectors trained in Protection, Policy, procedures and management of safeguarding in Liberia
Over the years, BIRD-Liberia had tramped for the attainment of deep activism and staff capacity development in respective of Child Marriage, Child Protections and Child Safeguarding issues in Liberia. From all indications, the training appears to be quite resounding and is the best achievement for us during the year 2021.
As a means of providing a safe place where the rights, protection and data of children and all other work with in an institution, Girls Not Brides, the Global partnership to End Child Marriage sponsored the training in becoming active protectors and Safeguarding Creating Child Safe Organization.
The training was organized and hosted by BIRD-Liberia, sponsored by Girls Not Brides and facilitated by Plan International Liberia towards our staffs, partners and volunteers on the importance of instituting safeguarding; in all institution working with children to protect them from any form of harm and violence. The workshop impacted the staffs, volunteers and partner organizations to conduct day-to-day safeguarding activities in their professional working environment. These participants including BIRD’s Staff, volunteers and partners organization representatives gathered at BIRD head office in Gardnersville, Monrovia Liberia to gain the knowledge ahead of the National Campaign Grant Implementations.
The training which was specifically about the 5 P’s model took effect as a Training of Trainers (TOT) for the period of five days; 22nd to 26th of November 2021. As part of the training, participants highlighted and keenly recognized that there are numerous form of child abuses that put major threat to the human security especially girls and children with clear understanding on the channel of complaining safeguarding abuses to the appropriate authorities.
A very big thank you to Girls Not Brides; the Global partnership to End Child Marriage for the funding support that has immensely thrive the impacts of our staff, volunteer and partner organizations safeguarding capacity.
