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State of <strong>Judiciary</strong> 2011-2012<br />
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MINISTRY OF<br />
GENDER,<br />
CHILDREN<br />
& SOCIAL<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
Partnered with various ministries, civil<br />
society and development partners for the<br />
provision of child welfare service through<br />
management and supervision of Statutory<br />
children rehabilitation schools, rescue<br />
institutions and children remand homes<br />
Collaborated with the National<br />
Community Service Orders Programme<br />
and the Probation and Aftercare Services<br />
Department for the rehabilitation and<br />
reintegration of child offenders into the<br />
community<br />
Implemented the cash transfer programme<br />
for Orphans and Vulnerable Children<br />
Developed the National Affirmative<br />
Action Policy for women to guide the<br />
implementation of the gender equity<br />
provisions of the Constitution<br />
Developed the National Social Protection<br />
Policy to provide or the establishment of a<br />
Consolidated Social Protection Fund<br />
Collaborated with the National Council for<br />
Persons With Disability to advance rights<br />
of Persons with Disability to employment,<br />
health, education, a barrier free and<br />
friendly environment, legal services and sign<br />
language in public meetings<br />
Limited resources allocation<br />
resulting in inadequate funding<br />
of child and social protection<br />
programmes and a child<br />
unresponsive justice system<br />
resulting in Congestion of<br />
Children Penal Institutions<br />
Absence of children’s Officers in<br />
Court<br />
Lack of data on children’s data<br />
Limited training opportunities for<br />
stakeholders on Children’s rights<br />
Establish children’s courts countrywide<br />
Train judicial officers on the Children Act<br />
Decongest penal institutions and<br />
remand homes by the expeditious<br />
disposal of children’s matters<br />
Hire sign language interpreters in all<br />
courts and ensure that the structures<br />
are physically accessible to persons with<br />
disabilities<br />
Encourage supported participation<br />
rather than substituted representation of<br />
persons with disability<br />
Develop a comprehensive database on<br />
all adoption cases<br />
Collaborate with JTI to develop a<br />
curriculum on persons with disability for<br />
judges, magistrates, paralegals, lawyers,<br />
prosecutors, probation officers and<br />
prisons workers<br />
Encourage traditional dispute resolution<br />
strategies and alternative dispute<br />
resolution mechanism especially where<br />
persons with disability are concerned
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