Gender and Child Protection is responsible for the prevention, investigation and response to gender-based violence and  safeguarding the rights, welfare and safety of children.

These include:

• Domestic violence
• Sexual offences, including rape and sexual assault
• Harmful cultural practices
• Human trafficking (gender-related cases)
• Sexual harassment and exploitation
• Community sensitization and prevention programmes on violence against children
• Capacity building of police officers and other law enforcement agencies
• Child abuse and neglect
• Defilement and child sexual exploitation
• Child trafficking
• Child labour
• Children in conflict with the law
• Missing and separated children
• Data management of GBV cases