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Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Social welfare [2]
Issue Number: 
167 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Despite the increase in awareness of women and children's rights, many cases of abuse remain unreported to the authorities. And concerned with the situation, Lifeline/Childline, which implements other programmes, such as counselling and hotline services, has identified the need for a child-focused programme. Through the programme, the organisation uses educational drama for young children as a means of interacting with primary school learners, informing them about sexual assault and building ...read more [4]

Despite the increase in awareness of women and children's rights, many cases of abuse remain unreported to the authorities. And concerned with the situation, Lifeline/Childline, which implements other programmes, such as counselling and hotline services, has identified the need for a child-focused programme. Through the programme, the organisation uses educational drama for young children as a means of interacting with primary school learners, informing them about sexual assault and building skills to address it.

Category: 
Governance [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/welfare/23431 [6]
Country: 
Namibia [7]

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