Project Title | Combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CCSEC) in Bangladesh |
Overall Goal | The project aims to contribute to the elimination of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in Bangladesh |
Project Results/ Objective | The specific objective of the project is to protect and promote the rights of survivors & at risk children of CSEC through facilitating implementation of ILO Convention 182 (ILO-C182) and UNCRC Optional Protocol 2 (UNCRC-OP-2) in Bangladesh. The objective is intertwined with 2 results: Result #1: 1000 survivors and at risk children of CSEC have been protected from commercial sexual exploitation or similar practices and to guarantee their rights by applying holistic and integral care; and Result #2: Survivors & at risk children of CSEC influence policy & implementation of ILO-C182 and UNCRC-OP-2 in Bangladesh through engaging civil society & media. |
Duration | January 2016-June 2019 |
Funded By | European Union |
Supported By | TdH Netherlands |
Geographical Coverage | Ward # 8.9.10 Mirpur-1, under Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka and Tangail Sardar, Tangail |
Budget | BDT 3,14,08,097 |
Target Beneficiaries | • Direct: 1000 • Indirect: 240000 |
Target Groups | • 870 Street children in Dhaka • 130 Sex workers’ children in Kandarpara Brothel, Tangail |
Strategic Partners | • Society for Social Services (SSS), Tangail • Breaking The Silence (BTS), Dhaka |
Main Components/ Interventions of the Project | • DiC and Night Shelter for children (for basic needs fulfillment) • Organization building (Child Led Organization-CLO) and Community Support Group (CSG) • DiC Management Committee comprising children • Non-formal/Multi-grade teaching and referral to formal education • TVET training • Life skills and livelihoods training • Social campaign and dialogue with duty bearers • Strategic Plan Development with CSOs • Service provider meeting and workshop with CSO/media and activists network • Evidence Based difference Research for policy advocacy of ILO-182 and OP-2 • Journalist visit to project site and publish feature article on CCSEC • TV show • Facebook page and updated project websites • Legal Aid • Family reintegration for socialization |
Project in brief | Terre des Hommes-Netherlands (TdH NL), in collaboration with 3 implementing partners – SEEP runs 2 Drop in Centers (DiCs) including night shelter for girls in Dhaka, SSS maintains 1 shelter home in Tangail and BTS provides psychosocial counselling supports to the victims and at risk children - has been implementing the Combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CCSEC) project. Embarked on 1 January 2016, CCSEC is a 42 months project supported by the Delegation of the European Union in Dhaka. |