Child Protection System in Mozambique: How co-responsibility works for street children in Maputo?

What is happening to the co-responsibility between State, Civil Society and Family, in terms of child protection, towards street children in Maputo? The following paper aims to identify and understand how the Child Protection System in Mozambique works to guarantee protection for street children. If children need to go to the streets in order to help with the income of the house-hold, the main causes for this to happen –poverty and violence within the family- are not being addressed. It is important that a clear shared responsibility among State, Civil Society and Family exists in order to guarantee the no violation of children’s rights.