Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif tentang Upaya Preventif Child Protection Networks Dalam Merespon Kekerasan Terhadap Anak, di Kota Dili, Timor-Leste. Child Protection Networks dibentuk oleh Pemerintah Demokratik Timor-Leste, yakni Kementrian Solidaritas Sosial dalam rangka merespon kekerasan terhadap anak. Pelaksanaan kegiatan mobilisasi sosial dalam rangka upaya preventif terahadap kekerasan anak di Dili masih pada tingkat pemahaman mendasar tentang hak-hak anak dan perlindungan anak. Faktor pendukung mobilisasi sosail antara lain adanya partisipasti stakeholder, serta komitmen pemeritntah dalam pelakasanaannya. Faktor penghambat yang mempengaruhi pelaksanaan kegiatan mobilisasi sosial diantaranya: kurangnya ketrampilan staff, pergantian staff, ketergantugan pada donor, dan kurangnya transparansi dalam pelaporan keuangan.

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This is a qualitative research about the Prevention Effort of Child Protection Networks in Responding Child Abuses in Dili, Timor-Leste. Child Protection Networks was established by the Democratic Government of Timor-Leste, Ministry of Social Solidarity in responding to child abuses. The implementation of social mobilization activities as a prevention effort in responding child abuses in Dili is still on the basic level of child rights and child protection. The contributing factors of social mobilization activities such as participation of stakeholders as well as the commitment of the government on its implementation. The inhibiting factors that effected the implementation of social mobilization activities such as: lack of skilled staff, turn-over staff, dependency to donor, and less transparency in budget reporting.