{"id":435,"date":"2020-02-21T19:44:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T19:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lac.org.na\/wordpress\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2024-08-14T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T10:42:41","slug":"child-care-and-protection-act","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lac.org.na\/index.php\/projects\/gender-research-advocacy-grap\/child-care-and-protection-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Care and Protection Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Child Care and Protection Act 3 of 2015 is Namibia\u2019s key legislation on children.<\/h2>\n

Before it was enacted, Namibia\u2019s main law on children was<\/strong> the Children\u2019s Act 33 of 1960<\/a>, which was inherited from South Africa at independence. That outdated statute was a colonial law that was not well suited to African situations. The Child Care and Protection Act<\/a><\/strong> provides better systems for protecting and assisting Namibian children.<\/p>\n

The process of developing the Child Care and Protection Act involved the largest national law reform consultation held to date in Namibia. It was a multi-media, multi-language campaign that involved all sectors of society, including children.<\/p>\n

The Act covers many different topics relating to children. The Legal Assistance Centre has worked together with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare to produce a range of educational materials on this law. You will find links to all of these materials here. If you need hard copies of any of the publications, please contact the LAC at info@lac.org.na<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    \u00a0Factsheets:<\/h2>\n

    A set of factsheets available in English<\/a>, Afrikaans<\/a> and Oshiwambo<\/a>, which can be used individually as below or combined as in this summary booklet; useful handouts for community workshop<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Why the Bill is so important<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Who was consulted<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Overview of the Act<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Definition age of majority<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Objectives & principles<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. National Advisory Council & Children’s Advocate<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Social worker<\/a>s<\/li>\n
    8. Children’s Courts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Facilities<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. CSA revisited<\/a><\/li>\n
      3. Parenting plans<\/a><\/li>\n
      4. Kinship care<\/a><\/li>\n
      5. Prevention and early intervention services<\/a><\/li>\n
      6. Children in need of protection<\/a><\/li>\n
      7. Foster care<\/a><\/li>\n
      8. Adoption<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Child trafficking<\/a><\/li>\n
        2. Consent to Medical Interventions<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. Corporal punishment<\/a><\/li>\n
        4. General protective measures<\/a><\/li>\n
        5. Other protective measures<\/a><\/li>\n
        6. Persons unfit to work with children<\/a><\/li>\n
        7. Grants and emergency aid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            \u00a0Nine CCPA-themed comic books:<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Age of majority<\/a><\/li>\n
                2. Parenting plans<\/a><\/li>\n
                3. Protecting children from exploitation<\/a><\/li>\n
                4. Parental rights and responsibilities outside marriage<\/a><\/li>\n
                5. Guardianship after the death of a parent<\/a><\/li>\n
                6. Kinship care<\/a><\/li>\n
                7. Child protection<\/a><\/li>\n
                8. Children and medical interventions<\/a><\/li>\n
                9. Reporting child abuse and neglect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    Guide to the Child Care and Protection Act:<\/h2>\n

                    A detailed guide in 28 chapters which can be used individually, or combined into a comprehensive manual; aimed at service providers and trainers<\/p>\n

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                    1. Introduction<\/a> and cover pages<\/a><\/li>\n
                    2. Objectives and guiding principles<\/a><\/li>\n
                    3. Age of majority<\/a><\/li>\n
                    4. National Advisory Council on Children, Children\u2019s Advocate & Children\u2019s Fund<\/a><\/li>\n
                    5. Social workers and child protection organisations<\/a><\/li>\n
                    6. Children\u2019s courts<\/a><\/li>\n
                    7. Facilities<\/a><\/li>\n
                    8. Proof of parentage<\/a><\/li>\n
                    9. Parental rights and responsibilities for children outside marriage<\/a><\/li>\n
                    10. Guardianship after death of parent or guardian<\/a><\/li>\n
                    11. Parenting plans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      1. Kinship care<\/a><\/li>\n
                      2. Prevention and early intervention services<\/a><\/li>\n
                      3. Children in need of protective services<\/a><\/li>\n
                      4. Foster care<\/a><\/li>\n
                      5. Contribution orders<\/a><\/li>\n
                      6. Adoption<\/a><\/li>\n
                      7. Medical interventions and HIV testing<\/a><\/li>\n
                      8. Child-headed households<\/a><\/li>\n
                      9. Harmful social, cultural or religious practices<\/a><\/li>\n
                      10. Baby-dumping<\/a><\/li>\n
                      11. Corporal punishment<\/a><\/li>\n
                      12. Child safety at places of entertainment<\/a><\/li>\n
                      13. Children and alcohol<\/a><\/li>\n
                      14. Children in prisons or police cells<\/a><\/li>\n
                      15. Child exploitation<\/a><\/li>\n
                      16. Police clearance certificates and register of convictions<\/a><\/li>\n
                      17. Grants and emergency aid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                          Powerpoints: three different levels of powerpoints as well as police training materials<\/h2>\n

                          Please take note that PPTX files do not open in some browsers<\/strong><\/span> like Chrome. This is due to proprietary format by Microsoft. Please use Edge or any other browser.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n