Advocacy initiatives on child safeguarding
Plan International Hong Kong has been calling for action from all child-related organisations to set up their Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP) with an aim to minimise the potential harm to children in their operations and to provide children with a child-friendly and safe environment.
Apart from offering training and consultancy services to child-related organisations, Plan International Hong Kong also conducts local researches to understand the needs and opinions of different organisations, parents and children in regard to child safeguarding, and organises professional forums to exchange ideas with practitioners on how to ensure children’s safety with Child Safeguarding Policy with the purpose of drive societal changes with best evidence and multi-sectoral collaboration.
Research Report
To support the child safeguarding movement, Plan International Hong Kong is now conducting a situational analysis on child safeguarding policy in Hong Kong to understand its level of implementation and the opinions of different stakeholders. Please stay tuned to this website for updates on the research report.
Research Summary
Research report (Chinese version only)
- Survey Report on Opinions of Parents and Children on Child Safeguarding Policy
- Report on Focus Groups with Parents and Children Child Safeguarding Policy
- Survey Report on Opinions of Education Sector on Child Safeguarding Policy
- Report on In-depth Interviews with Education Sector on Child Safeguarding Policy
Professional Training
Plan International Hong Kong organises professional forums to exchange ideas with practitioners on how to ensure children’s safety with Child Safeguarding Policy.
Press Release and media reports
- 【HK01】強制舉報虐兒 保護兒童機制需作整體配合
Published Date:11 November, 2019 - 【Standnews】龍緯汶事件 揭港守護兒童監察力度不足
Published Date:31 May, 2019 - 【HK01】【政策論壇】設立「守護兒童政策」 從根本預防體育機構虐兒事件
Published Date:16 September, 2020 - 【South China Morning Post】Hong Kong sports sector coming up short on safeguarding children
Published Date:18 September, 2020 - 【HK01】【政策論壇】學校宿舍頻爆虐兒事件 反映守護兒童政策缺失Published Date:11 November, 2020
- 【HK01】【政策論壇】幼稚園爆校長涉虐兒事件 設立妥善舉報機制刻不容緩
Published Date:18 March, 2021 - 【Hong Kong Commercial Daily】國際培幼會指本港守護兒童機制有待加強 政府須採取3項措施
Published Date:9 August, 2021 - 【MingPao】蕭美娟:回應施政報告諮詢——立法以外 政府須建立妥善守護兒童機制
Published Date:2 September,2021 - 【SCMP】Child abuse: how Hong Kong can ensure educational institutions are safe havens
Published Date:27 September, 2021 - 【RTHK】推行守護兒童政策-國際培幼會(香港)總幹事蕭美娟博士,香港幼兒教育人員協會會長周慧珍校監
Published Date:23 January, 2022 - 【HK01】童樂居虐兒案|倡業界推守護兒童政策 幼教會長:比立法行先一步
Published Date:23 January, 2022 - 【Ming Pao】蕭美娟:虐童事件反映守護兒童政策不足
Published Date:25 January, 2022
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