Working Together to Stop Child Abuse: cooperation across three Caucasus countries

Project goal:

• To initiate the development of an effective South-Caucasus policy on the prevention of child abuse and neglect with emphasis on child sexual abuse.

Objectives:

• Increasing the capacity of organisations (both NGO and governmental) working with children and families to respond with confidence to the challenge of child abuse, violence and neglect through training, consultations and the introduction of relevant working tools;

• Increasing the acknowledgment of Child Sexual Abuse as an important issue, among professionals, general public and policy makers;

• Establishing and strengthening a Network of professionals working on the child abuse and neglect to better protect children in South Caucasus region.