Open AccessChild-friendly city; a strategy to provide child protection right in Medan
Author(s) -
Rosmalinda,
Ningrum Natasya Sirait,
Edy Ikhsan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/452/1/012112
Subject(s) - indonesian , obligation , indonesian government , convention , business , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics
Child protection is the obligation of state parties that ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), including Indonesia. As consequences, the Indonesian government at each level, through national to village level should implement it. Since 2006, Child-Friendly City ( Kota Layak Anak /KLA) is a strategy to implement child protection. In 2018, Medan received the KLA award under Pratama Category. This paper will discuss the KLA as a strategy to protect children in Medan. There is a question; does the KLA synchronize with the Child Protection System ( Sistem Perlindungan Anak ) or well known as SPA? This research question is answered by using the SPA approach, namely Norm, Structure and Program (NSP). Furthermore, it also answered through lesson learns of KLA implementation in one province in Indonesia. As results, first, KLA is in accordance with the SPA which consists of five elements. Secondly, using SPA is effective in South Sulawesi Province to fulfill KLA indicator, which consists of 5 Child Rights clusters. It can also be applied in North Sumatra province as well as in Medan City. As a recommendation, Medan must use SPA approach to be a Child-Friendly City in providing child protection right.