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Child protection in Malawi

This briefing paper highlights Plan’s efforts in integrating children’s participation and non-formal community responses with the formal national child protection system in Malawi. It also shares recommendations on how to build and sustain children’s participation, community responses, support to formal child protection systems and how to strengthen the role of civil society organizations.

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