The role of parents in child protection in Nyamagana municipality, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Date
2021
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Journal of co-operative and business studies (jcbs)
Abstract
Despite the efforts done by the government and other public and private institutions in introducing
and realising children’s rights including protecting them from physical, emotional and psychological
despoiled, children are still being violated in different areas within communities. Family as a primary
institution can play a huge role in protecting children against any form of violation hence, presence of
different incidence of child abuse made it necessary to conduct the study on the role of parents in
child protection in the study area. The study was conducted in Nyamagana Municipality in Mwanza,
Tanzania because it is among the major areas in which issues of child abuse are mostly observed. The
area has a mixture of different people due to the presence of different economic activities including
business and mining. The study was guided by the Psychosocial Child Development Theory. The study
employed Cross-sectional research design. The study found that most of the respondents are less
aware of children’s rights. Furthermore, women in the study area are more obliged to raise their
children but they fail to provide the required protection to them due to multiple responsibilities. The
study also found excessive beating of children by their parents/guardian, denial to education and
sexual abuse as the most reported child violations in the study area. Economic hardship, family
separation and parents’ misunderstandings were reported as challenges hindering roles of parents in
protecting children in the study area. The study recommends that, public and private sectors as well
as civil society’s organisations to provide education to the community on the importance of protecting
children.
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Parents’ role, Child exploitation, Children’s rights, Child abuse, Child violation