THANK YOU - to all the speakers, facilitators, and participants who attended the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Theme: Protection of Children from the Ground Up - Enhancing Localised Approaches in Conflict and Crises
Explore the recordings and session summaries, blogs, and more on our dedicated webpage!
From the 3rd to the 5th of June, 841 participants from across the globe—including practitioners, donors, academics, policymakers, youth and child advocates, and community leaders—came together for the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, hosted by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.
Spanning 18 sessions, the meeting explored how the child protection sector is adapting and responding in a rapidly changing humanitarian landscape. The focus was clear: How to strengthen local and national systems and actions, including local ownership and leadership of accountable child protection actions, how to strengthen equitable partnerships for child protection, and how to continue to centre children’s rights and their right to protection - especially in the face of growing political, financial, and operational pressures.
A position paper on ground-up approaches to strengthening local and national child protection systems and actors is currently being developed building on the meeting Background Paper and learning from the meeting sessions.
Download the PDF Version of the Overview Here.
Couldn’t join us live or want to revisit a session? The full playlist of 2025 Annual Meeting recordings is now available on the Alliance YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTqpcYbBSkF9RgWs7ZmlwW48iPXIWozNB&si=tfXoUkit3b3MP3I-
Watch and share key discussions on localised child protection, community-led solutions, and system-strengthening in humanitarian settings.
Session recordings are available in their original language with captions in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.
The Alliance’s 2025 Annual Meeting brought together 800+ participants to explore how local leadership is driving child protection in humanitarian settings. This blog series features reflections from Alliance members and partners on how, in a time of crisis and change, the sector is pushing back—through shared principles, strong partnerships, and collective action.
Read the first blog in the series here.
More blogs coming soon!
The agenda for the 2025 Annual Meeting is now available! Join us in getting excited about all of the latest developments and learning on humanitarian child protection from across the globe by reviewing the full agenda and flyers below. Find the latest version of the agenda and session summaries on our dedicated webpage.
- 3rd June: Protecting children from the ground-up in a changing humanitarian landscape
- 4th June: Strengthening local leadership and systems for continued child protection
- 5th June: Preventing a rollback on child protection standards and humanitarian principles
Download the PDF version of the Agenda in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.
To give participants a deeper understanding of the meeting theme, we are pleased to share the Background Paper for the 2025 Annual Meeting.
This paper provides valuable insights and context to guide discussions and priorities of the meeting. It begins with briefly introducing the focus of this year’s theme, providing key definitions and concepts, and defining three focus areas. It then explores the three areas of focus in more depth - outlining challenges, opportunities and enabling factors, and case studies. Each section ends with questions for further exploration and discussion.
Access the Background Paper in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish!