Citizen Reporting Platform (CRP)
For Addressing Violence against Children
Background:
Project Objectives:
A significant number of children in Bangladesh are
vulnerable to various forms of physical, emotional,
psychological, and sexual violence and live without any
direct protection. Most of the violence against children
cases go unreported, for a number of reasons. The
current reporting mechanism includes directly reporting
to the law enforcing agencies and reporting through
NGO workers, who are directly engaged with this type
of programing. The existing system of reporting violence
against children is in the traditional form of pen and
paper. This leads to a time lag in compilation of the
information and the actual reporting of the case, which
ultimately leads to ineffective and/or delayed action
against the violence. Due to lack of awareness and
publicity, the current government reporting systems are
not as accessible or effective as they should be. Sometimes delays and politicization happen in the verification
process that impedes the process and fails to provide
support to children in crisis. Presently there are limited
options to track the actions taken after a case is filed
with the authority. This often discourages citizens to
report abuse and violence. The current government
reporting systems are not as accessible or effective as
they should be. Many ordinary citizens are also
increasingly frustrated and eager to react to violence
against children cases, but do not have tools to be able
to report on cases they observe.The creation of a digital
Citizen Reporting Portal will fulfil the unmet needs of
having a comprehensive system to report on violence
against children, and contribute to making the response
by government and non-government actors more
effective though public engagement and advocacy by
child rights organizations.
Children &
Adolescent
The objective of the Citizen Reporting Portal is to encourage
citizens of Bangladesh to speak out and take actions to
address violence against children in order to prevent violence
incidents through creating a digital reporting platform for
citizen.
Implementing Partners:
Manobik Shahajo Shangtha (MSS), piloting the project with
the strategic ICT partner mPower. We shall implement a
pilot in Shishuder Jonno impact area (Rayerbazar, Dhaka) in
order to learn lessons, and then make necessary adjustments before launching the portal at the national level.
Project Duration:
March 2016- April 2017
Funded by:
Sponsorship Innovation Fund, Save the Children USA.
Geographical Coverage:
Rayerbazar, Dhaka, the urban impact area of Shishuder
Jonno Program.
Survivors
Ggovernment
Bodies/Staff
NGO Workers
Citizen of
Bangladesh
Major Activities:
The following are the major activities:
Nilphamari
• Create a digital platform where citizens, NGO workers and other stakeholders can report incidents of
violence against children.
• Develop content of the public education section of the portal.
• Provide capacity building and follow up support to partner staff as well as other interested stakeholders,
on how to use and integrate the system in their daily work.
• Raise public awareness and mobilize the community to utilize the portal and demand actions to prevent
and respond to violence against children.
• Advocacy in collaboration with child rights organizations to influence the government in taking actions to
prevent and respond to violence against children cases by utilizing the information gathered through the
Citizen Reporting Portal.
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