TUNISIA

OUR PARTNERS: ADO+, THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD PROTECTION GENERAL DELEGATE, AND THE TUNISIAN FORUM FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT.

Five volunteers were deployed, specialising in child rights, monitoring and evaluation, and advocacy.

ADO+ educators are now better prepared to teach youth, and particularly girls, about their rights thanks to the specialised training they received.

In addition, ADO+ documented best practices in child participation in a handbook that other organisations can use to support their activities.

Now that I've completed the training, I will be able to teach [children's rights] using innovative facilitation techniques, engaging activities and fun games. I'm also more familiar with the Convention on the Rights of the Child

- ADO+ member who took the training course

The activities created opportunities to cultivate tolerance and mutual understanding between migrant youth and young Tunisians. Participants were able to share their culture and experiences while learning about the rights of migrants.

- Tunisian Forum for Youth Empowerment, February 2022

The Tunisian Forum for Youth Empowerment is now more attuned to the issues faced by migrant children and includes these children in its programmes and activities, which is novel in Tunisia.

Stronger ties were forged between Tunisian civil society and the state actors responsible for child protection through a number of joint events. The hope is that this will lead to more coordinated efforts.

The Office of the Child Protection General Delegate revised its practices to make them more childfriendly. This followed an analysis of the key issues faced by delegates when assisting children and seeing to their protection, as well as the proposal of concrete solutions tailored to the Tunisian context.

Dialogue was initiated with communities to deconstruct the taboos that hold back adequate awareness and prevention of sexual abuse, particularly within families. This is creating a safer environment for Tunisian children.