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REPUBLIC OF GHANA EVALUATION OF GHANA’S CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM STRENGTHENING INITIATIVES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL: INTERIM REPORT REPUBLIC OF GHANA EVALUATION OF GHANA’S CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM STRENGTHENING INITIATIVES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL: INTERIM REPORT This report has been put together by Oxford Policy Management on behalf of UNICEF Ghana Country Office and the Government of Ghana. Global Affairs Canada provided financial support to under the assessment. Evaluation of Ghana’s Child Protection System Strengthening at District Level i Evaluation of Child Protection System Strengthening at District Level Situational Report The contents of the report do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of UNICEF. The text has not been edited to official publication standards and UNICEF accepts no responsibility for error. The designations in this publication do not imply an opinion on the legal status of any country or territory, or of its authorities, or the delimitation of frontiers. The copyright for this report is held by the United Nations Children’s Fund. Permission is required to reprint/reproduce/photocopy or in any other way to cite or quote from this report in written form. UNICEF has a formal permission policy that requires a written request to be submitted. For non-commercial uses, the permission will normally be granted free of charge. Please write to the contact and the address below to initiate a permission request. For further information, please contact: [email protected] UNICEF Ghana Country Office P.O. Box PM 5051 Accra, Ghana © UNICEF Ghana, Accra 2018 Evaluation of Ghana’s Child Protection ii System Strengthening at District Level Table of contents Acknowledgements ...........................................................................................................vii List of abbreviations ..........................................................................................................viii 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 11 2. General context of five case study districts ...........................................................13 3. Child protection context in five case study districts ..............................................21 3.1 Child protection concerns ......................................................................................... 21 3.2 Child protection actors, structures and services ................................................ 22 3.3 Other child protection initiatives ............................................................................ 26 3.4 Resources Available for Child Protection ........................................................... 26 4. The roll out of the workforce strengthening initiative..........................................29 4.1 Implementation of the district sensitisation, reflection and planning workshops ....................................................................... 29 4.2 Relevance of the initiative ........................................................................................ 32 5. Situation of the child protection workforce ........................................................... 37 5.1 Awareness and understanding of the policies ....................................................37 5.2 Current practice of child protection actors and expected changes ..............37 5.3 Current formal coordination and collaboration and expected changes ...... 39 5.4 Current linkages between formal and informal child protection actors and expected changes ............................................................ 39 Case Study Appendix .........................................................................................................41 Introduction ........................................................................................................................42 District case study Profile: Asokore Mampong ............................................................. 43 6. District Profile for Asokore Mampong ....................................................................45 6.1 General context of Asokore Mampong ................................................................ 45 6.2 Child protection context of Asokore Mampong ................................................. 48 6.3 Rollout of workforce strengthening initiative in Asokore Mampong ............ 54 6.4 Situation of the child protection workforce ......................................................... 55 District case study Profile: ................................................................................................60 Lambussie Karnie ..............................................................................................................60 Evaluation of Ghana’s Child Protection System Strengthening at District Level iii 7. District Profile for Lambussie Karnie .......................................................................61 7.1 General context of Lambussie Karnie .................................................................... 61 7.2 Child protection context of Lambussie-Karnie .................................................... 65 7.3 Rollout of workforce strengthening initiative in Lambussie-Karnie .................71 7.4 Situation of the child protection workforce ........................................................... 73 District case study Profile: Shama ................................................................................... 78 8. District Profile for Shama ......................................................................................... 79 8.1 General context of Shama ....................................................................................... 79 8.2 Child protection context of Shama ........................................................................ 82 8.3 Other child protection initiatives ............................................................................ 86 8.4 Resources available for child protection ............................................................. 87 8.5 Rollout of workforce strengthening initiative in Shama .................................... 88 8.6 Situation of the child protection workforce .........................................................90 District case study Profile: Talensi ..................................................................................94 9. District profile for Talensi .........................................................................................95 9.2 Child protection context of Talensi ........................................................................ 99 9.3 Rollout of workforce strengthening initiative in Talensi ..................................104 9.4 Situation of the child protection workforce ........................................................106 9.5 Current linkages between formal and informal child protection actors and expected changes ...........................................................108 9.6 District Activity Plans ................................................................................................108 District case study Profile: Upper Denkyira West ........................................................ 110 10. District Profile for Upper Denkyira West ................................................................111 10.1 Child protection context of Upper Denkyira West .............................................116 10.2 Rollout of the workforce strengthening initiative in Upper Denkyira West ...........................................................................121 10.3 Situation of the child protection workforce ........................................................124 References ....................................................................................................................... 126 Annex A: Stakeholders interviewed at national level ................................................. 130 Evaluation of Ghana’s Child Protection iv System Strengthening at District Level LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Summary of background of five case study districts ........................................ 18 Table 2 Child protection actors and structures in the five case study districts ......... 23 Table 3 Budget and budget allocations for SW\CD Department in the five case study Districts (in GHS) ........................................ 27 Table 4 Number of participants in SRP workshops per type of actor * ....................... 30 Table 1 Summary of background context of Asokore Mampong ................................ 48 Table 2 Child protection actors, structures and services in Asokore Mampong ......50 Table 3 Budget allocations and actual expenditure for SW\CD Department in Asokore Mampong Municipality (in GHS) ................................ 53 Table 4 Summary of background context of Lambussie-Karnie District .................... 64 Table 5 Child protection actors, structures and services in Lambussie-Karnie ......... 67 Table 3 Budget allocations and actual expenditure for SW\CD Department in Lambussie Karni Municipality (in GHS) ..................................... 70 Table 7 Summary of background context of Shama ....................................................... 82 Table 8 Child protection actors, structures and services in Shama ............................. 84 Table 9 Budget allocations and actual expenditure for SW\CD Department in Shama District (in GHS) ................................................................
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