"Our country is a trust" reviews the strategies of Abu Dhabi Police in protecting children

Abu Dhabi Police, in the eleventh episode of the “Our Country is Amanah” program on Abu Dhabi Radio FM, reviewed the strategies and policies of the Abu Dhabi Police in protecting children.

Eng. Thamer Rashid Al Qasimi, Executive Director of the Special Projects and Partnerships Sector at the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, explained that the Authority has prepared an integrated strategy for the early childhood sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi 2035, focusing on children from pregnancy to eight years and creating an integrated system that enhances the role of social responsibility in child development and provision. The right environment for him and his care.

He touched on the global initiative "Wed", which was launched by the authority in 2021 and brought together leading experts, innovators and innovators in the world to develop solutions on the main topics of discussion, find solutions and reach the outputs through advanced knowledge innovation groups "BWGs", pointing out that the authority implemented a set of child protection initiatives and provided a guide An integrated guide to protect children on the Internet and a guide specialized in the healthy use of electronic devices, simulating the nature of families that support or reject the use of electronic devices.

Captain Hamad Musa Al Riyami, a social researcher from the Social Support Center in Abu Dhabi, spoke about Law 3 of 2016 regarding the Child Rights Law “Wadima”, which considered the child’s interest in guaranteeing his basic rights such as family and cultural rights, protection, and procedures and measures that guarantee his physical, mental, psychological and moral health and not deliberate harm. And taking into account the psychological aspects since his birth and protecting him from all manifestations of neglect and exploitation.

Wafaa Obaid Khalfan Al-Mughni Al-Naqbi, a social worker at the Social Support Center in Abu Dhabi, said that the child has the right to report any assault or abuse that he is exposed to, directly or indirectly, and to communicate with the Child Protection Hotline on the number 116111 and the safety switch on 8002626, police stations or operating rooms and centers. Social support or through the Abu Dhabi Police website www.adpolice.gov.ae or through some of those close to him such as a teacher, social worker, or even a nurse, doctor and others.

She pointed out that in the event of harm from parents or relatives, the procedures followed are to receive the child and his family in social support centers in preparation for the preparation of a comprehensive case study in order to identify the nature of the existing problem and use the evaluation forms approved by Abu Dhabi Police after studying the case to the degree of danger and abuse of the child and setting procedures The guarantee to preserve the interest of the child and take preventive measures to protect him. The child can be kept with his parents, provided they are obligated to remove the danger to him.

She stated that in the event that he is subjected to abuse and there is no one from his family, the situation is studied and one option is to accommodate the child temporarily in the Department of Social Support Centers to provide comprehensive protection for him until all procedures related to the problem are completed and the matter is presented to the competent authorities, including the competent prosecutor, to take the appropriate decision that ensures the safety of The child is protected from dangers, even if the harm is from the mother or the father and the child’s interest requires resort to extended families such as grandparents or uncles and the child’s uncle or aunt until the completion of the procedures, and the UAE legislator permitted his placement with an alternative family.

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