
PROTECTION, NATIONWIDE
Building on its initial budget commitment of $2.4 million to protect its 1.1 million children from violence, which created new posts for Child Rights Inspectors, established a training, research, and information centre, and connected children with specialised protection services, Mongolia has now allocated $3.04 million to expand its national efforts to strengthen multi-stakeholder, multisectoral approaches to ending violence against children.
In addition, the government recognised the heightened risks increasing internet usage posed to children and integrated the WePROTECT Model National Response Framework into its National Programme of Action for Child Development and Protection, as well as establishing a multi-stakeholder platform that includes individuals from the information, communications and technology sector and launching awareness-raising campaigns to change social norms, including “Unfriend” and “Positive Reactions.” The government has also worked with End Violence partner WorldVision and Mongolia’s major mobile carrier to develop a child helpline.
And, UNICEF Mongolia, a grantee of the Safe Online window of the End Violence Fund, has taken additional steps to protect children online, organising trainings on digital literacy in three target provinces, reaching 91 social workers and IT teachers from 45 schools, with an impact on 9,000 children from grades 6-12.