At the Global Refuge Forum 2023, the Alliance is proud to announce two joint-pledges to make a lasting impact on the lives of children affected by refugee and displacement situations, their families and communities. 1) Supporting Integrated Approaches to Child Protection and Education in Refugee and...
At the Global Refuge Forum 2023, the Alliance is proud to announce two joint-pledges to make a lasting impact on the lives of children affected by refugee and displacement situations, their families and communities. 1) Supporting Integrated Approaches to Child Protection and Education in Refugee and...
Webinar | Children in Adversity - A Framework for the Protection of Children in Humanitarian Crises
Children and their caregivers constitute the majority of affected populations served by the humanitarian sector, and childcare responsibilities shape the way caregivers experience crisis and displacement. At the same time, we know that supporting caregivers during crisis is a means of protecting...
«I am Mariam» is an illustrated storybook about a young girl forced to flee her violence-torn hometown. It reflects the lives of many forcibly displaced children, as its balance of hard-hitting realities and small acts of kindness comes from consultations with conflict-affected children. Meant for...
Please complete this quick survey to share your ideas for the theme of the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action! The survey is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024_AM_theme Below are some examples of...
Report Launch | Leveraging Education in Emergencies for Climate Action
The Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies's (EiE Hub) Flagship Report for 2023, on Education in Emergencies and Climate Change, will be launched at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, in Building A, Room V, from 15.00-17:00 CET on World Children’s Day, 20 November. On this day, the 34th...
The Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action – An Introduction
The centrality of children and their protection in humanitarian action is a shared responsibility, to ensure the entire humanitarian system is actively and consciously engaged in realising broader child rights as well as children’s rights to protection in each step of humanitarian action. On World...
On World Children’s Day 2023, the Alliance is deeply concerned about the devastating consequences of increasing conflict, climate-induced emergencies, and natural disasters, on children around the world. As their communities are flooded, affected by severe drought, or turned into battlefields...
Working effectively across sectors for children’s protection and well-being requires building relationships and collaboration with sectors like health, education, food security and camp coordination and camp management. Child protection actors need to understand other sectors’ approaches, priorities...
UPDATE: Global Training of Facilitators on Engaging Community Volunteers in Case Management Postponed
Due to ongoing insecurity in the region, the Alliance has postponed the Training of Facilitators that was to be held from 4-8 in Beirut, Lebanon. The new training dates and location will be shared as soon as possible, with hopes to hold the training before the end of March 2024. The Alliance thanks...
A tip sheet about child protection actors’ contribution to health’s work, the latter sector's commitments to child protection, and tips and entry points for advocacy with health actors.
Webinar | Exploring the Impacts of the Climate Crisis on Child Protection in Humanitarian Contexts
Now and for decades to come, climate change will exacerbate child protection risks and threats to the safety and mental health of children, and further inequity through its intergenerational impacts. This online session explored the existing evidence of the connections between climate change and...
Collaboration Tip Sheet: Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM)
A tip sheet about child protection actors’ contribution to CCCM’s work, CCCM’s commitments to child protection, and tips and entry points for advocacy with CCCM actors.
Webinar | Launch of the Revised CPHA Competency Framework and Competency Development Guide
On November 8th at 2:00 pm CET, the Alliance hosted the global launch of the revised CPHA Competency Framework and the available tools to support its use by individual practitioners, teams and organisations. Our vision is that these new resources will support a competency-based approach to learning...
Global Protection Forum 2023 | Acting Before the Hour of Need: Prevention of Harm to Children in Humanitarian Settings
Each year, the Global Protection Cluster (GPC), including its Areas of Responsibility and its Strategic Advisory Group, organizes a Global Protection Forum with partners and field coordinators to review emerging challenges, learnings, and opportunities in relation to the protection of communities...
Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Annual Symposium
The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you join us for our Annual Symposium—to be held virtually during Social Service Workforce Week. Officially launched in 2013, the Alliance was originally conceived during the Social Welfare Workforce Strengthening Conference, in Cape Town, South...
Global Protection Forum | Acting Before the Hour of Need: Prevention of Harm to Children in Humanitarian Settings
Each year, the Global Protection Cluster (GPC), including its Areas of Responsibility and its Strategic Advisory Group, organizes a Global Protection Forum with partners and field coordinators to review emerging challenges, learnings, and opportunities in relation to the protection of communities...
Introducing the Competency Development Guide as part of the CPHA Competency Framework!
The Learning & Development Working Group are excited to announce the release of the Competency Development Guide (CDG) as part of the CPHA Competency Framework! Developed with practitioners in mind, the CDG is a comprehensive resource designed to enhance your learning and development journey. The...
Join our session at the 2023 Global Protection Forum!
Each year, the Global Protection Cluster (GPC), including its Areas of Responsibility and its Strategic Advisory Group, organizes a Global Protection Forum with partners and field coordinators to review emerging challenges, learnings, and opportunities in relation to the protection of communities...
Survey to Inform the Inter-Agency Guidelines for Case Management & Child Protection
Please note this survey is now closed. Take part in this Alliance Survey to update the 2014 Child Protection and Case Management Guidelines! WHY: The primary objectives of this survey are as follows: Identify valuable components that have been very useful Highlight areas to strengthen and to reduce...