A delegation of six government officials from the Republic of Vietnam, on November 7, visited the Rwanda National Police (RNP) Headquarters in Kacyiru to experience the force’s first hand information in the child protection and anti-Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) campaign.
The group headed by the Vietnam vice Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hon. Doan Mau Diep, was received by the Deputy Inspector of Police, Stanley Nsabimana.
The officials were shown a presentation on how Rwanda National Police has managed to deal with issues related to child protection and GBV.
Among them are national and RNP policies against GBV, the 2011-2016 a strategic plan for the implementation of the national policy against GBV and child abuse and the legal mechanisms which include laws on prevention and prevention.
Others include the establishment of the anti-GBV Desk, which has been decentralised to all police stations in the country, awareness programmes which bring together all institutions and the public, establishment of Isange One-Stop Centre to offer free medical care to GBV victims and the use of Community Policing Committees (CPCs) which provide timely information.
Plans are also underway to upgrade the GBV Desk which was recently up-scaled into a Directorate, to effectively deal with related cases and to also decentralize Isange One-Stop Centre to the district level.
Hon. Diep commended Rwanda and Police in particular, for the initiatives to protect children and woman and girls.
“These are intensive initiatives which will protect children and women and girls, and we hope they will also help us in our (Vietnam) campaign to ensure child protection and in anti-SGBV,” he said.
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