Introduction to CBPN and CBA: What is community based protection Network? A community–based protection Network (CBPN) is a network or group of individuals at community level who work in a coordinated way toward Vulnerable Adults (VA) protection protection’s goals. Communities can provide significant ways of preventing and responding to adult protection risks
What is protection?
Protection is an act of protecting somebody or something, can also be the state of being protected.
Protection is sometimes defined as the prevention and response to abuse, violence or exploitation against children, each of which is defined as follows:
Abuse: A deliberate act of ill treatment that can harm or is likely to cause harm to a child’s safety, wellbeing, dignity and development. Abuse includes all forms of physical, sexual, psychological or emotional ill treatment.
Violence: All forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse.
Exploitation: Refers to the use of children for someone else’s advantage, gratification or profile, often resulting in unjust, cruel and harmful treatment of the child. These activities are to the detriment of the child’s physical or mental health, education, moral or social-emotional development. This covers manipulation, misuse, abuse, victimization, oppression and ill treatment.
They need help to access different services, including health care, social protection or legal guidance and support. Children, families and communities with a lack of or limited access to resources face many challenges and are often forced to make choices that make children more vulnerable to protection concerns. For example, the displacement of families and communities as a result of armed conflict can greatly undermine the ability of parents to meet the needs of their children and lead to children being exposed to a range of threats.
The protective environment
When there is a protective environment, children receive the support they require to grow and develop, have their needs met, their rights respected and are given greater opportunity to fulfill their potential. If the protective environment is in place, then protection concerns or risks are prevented or greatly reduced; and if they do occur, then effective action can be taken quickly.
Children, families and communities with a lack of or limited access to resources face many challenges and are often forced to make choices that make children more vulnerable to protection concerns. For example, the displacement of families and communities as a result of armed conflict can greatly undermine the ability of parents to meet the needs of their children and lead to children being exposed to a range of threats.
