SOBS 644* SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT

The course seeks to expose students to social mechanisms that ensure the protection of children from vulnerability – diseases, hunger, poverty, child trafficking and child labour, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and natural disasters. It will stress the importance of children as the future of every society, which places them in a special position in every society for their protection and care. The course will demonstrate the importance of social protection as an element in social policy strategies for eradicating poverty and reducing multidimensional deprivation of vulnerable groups including children.