Current context: Child Protection in the time of COVID-19.
Goals of the presentation:

1. To develop your understanding of child rights, child law and child protection in South Africa.
   • Children’s Rights in South Africa
   • The Ethical and Legal Framework
   • Child Abuse and Neglect
   • Bullying and Peer-To-Peer Violence
   • Intimate Partner Violence
   • Separation and Divorce
   • Children With ‘Disabilities’ and Chronic Illness
   • Children’s Protection And ‘Cultural Rights’
2. To enable you to apply this understanding to your daily practice – that is, to understand your role in relation to child protection and to be able to execute it confidently and ethically.
   • Your Role as A Health Professional
   • Child Safeguarding and Standards: The Critical Importance of Policy
   • A Holistic View of Child Protection for Health Professionals
3. To facilitate your integration of child advocacy and child protection in your practice.

Case example: to illustrate the complexity of child protection in South Africa.