Technical Materials

Introduction

Adolescents:

Early Childhood:

Children with Disabilities:

Gender: 

Child Participation:

Environmental Considerations:

Refugees, Internally Displaced and Migrant Population Settings:

Infectious Disease Outbreak Settings:

Urban Settings:

Mobile Programming:

Cash and Voucher Assistance:

Systems Strengthening:

Child Trafficking:

Standard 1: Coordination:

Standard 2: Human Resources:

Standard 3: Communications and Advocacy:

Standard 4: Programme Cycle Management:

Child Protection-Specific Resources:

Humanitarian Standards: 

PCM Resources: 

Disability/Inclusion: 

Child Participation and Ethical Considerations for involving Children in Programming: 

Safeguarding:

Standard 5: Information Management: 

Standard 6: Child Protection Monitoring: 

Standard 7: Dangers and Injuries: 

Standard 8: Physical and Emotional Maltreatment: 

Standard 9: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 

Standard 10: Mental Health and Psychosocial Distress:

Standard 11: Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups: 

Standard 12: Child Labour: 

Standard 13: Unaccompanied and Separated Children:

Standard 14: Applying a Socio-Ecological Approach to Child Protection Programming:

Standard 15: Group Activities for Child Well-Being: 

Standard 16: Strengthening Family and Caregiving Environments:

None at this time.

Standard 17: Community-Level Approaches:

Standard 18: Case Management:

Standard 19: Alternative Care:

Standard 20:  Justice for Children: 

Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection: 

Standard 22: Livelihoods and Child Protection: 

Standard 23: Education and Child Protection: 

Standard 24: Health and Child Protection: 

Standard 25: Nutrition and Child Protection: 

Standard 26: WASH and Child Protection: 

Standard 27: Shelter and Child Protection: 

Standard 28: Camp Coordination and Camp Management and Child Protection: 


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One Year On from the First Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children: A Call to Strengthen Commitment to Children Affected by Conflict and Crisis

It’s been one year since the first Global Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children, held in Bogotá in 2024 — a milestone moment that united governments and partners around a shared vision: A world where every child grows up safe and free from violence. Since then, there’s been...

Inter-agency Guidance on Child Protection Case Management Data Categorisation

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With the ceasefire in Gaza and the scale-up of humanitarian assistance, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action calls for children’s protection to be placed at the centre of the response. This statement outlines urgent priorities to meet the needs of Gaza’s 1.1 million children —...

Report | CPHA Practitioners Survey - Capacity and Learning Needs

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance), the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR), and UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) conducted a joint survey on Capacities and Learning Needs in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action from May to August 2024. This joint...

Briefing Note: The Impact of UN80, the Humanitarian Reset, and Funding Cuts on the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Agenda

This note outlines how ongoing reforms, in particular the Humanitarian Reset and UN80 Initiative, underpinned by deepening funding cuts, risk undermining the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda. It provides recommendations to ensure that critical gains that have been made to address the...

Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups Task Force - Offer of Support

This Offer of Support outlines how the Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) Task Force coordinates humanitarian and development actors to strengthen quality programming that prevents recruitment, facilitates release, and responds to the needs of CAAFAG in emergencies and...

Joint Statement on the International Day to Protect Education from Attack

On the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the Inter-agency for Education in Emergencies and the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action jointly condemn all forms of attacks on education and call for all parties to conflict to respect international humanitarian law, to...

Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Learning and Development Roadmap

The Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) Learning and Development (L&D) Roadmap provides a near-term strategy (through 2026) to strengthen practitioner capacity, safeguard institutional knowledge, and ensurethe delivery of quality child protection services in an era of shrinking resources...

Community-level Child Protection Task Force - Offer of Support

This Offer of Support outlines how the Community-level Child Protection (CCP) Task Force supports member agencies by providing the tools, resources, and skills needed to implement high-quality, community-level child protection programmes in humanitarian and fragile settings in an efficient and...

Learning & Development Working Group - Offer of Support

This Offer of Support outlines how the Learning & Development (L&D) Working Group encourages the growth and professionalisation of the sector, leading with strategic insights on defining priorities for capacity strengthening, partnerships with tertiary-level institutions, and the provision of...

The Unaccompanied and Separated Children Task Force - Offer of Support

This Offer of Support outlines how the Unaccompanied and Separated (UASC) Children Task Force provides technical materials and support to guide policy development, advocacy, communication, programming, and resource mobilisation in addressing all cases of family separation. It highlights the UASC...

Report | An Overview of the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

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...

Blog Series | 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action convened more than 800 participants around a vital theme: Protection of Children from the Ground Up – Enhancing Localised Approaches in Conflict and Crises. At a time when conflicts are intensifying, funding is...

Primary Prevention Framework for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Revised Edition - 2024

Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) is “the prevention of and response to abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence against children in humanitarian action.” While significant effort and improvements have been made in the sector on responding when harm has already taken place, less focus...

Report | Alternative Care Survey

Children affected by armed conflict, displacement, and natural disasters are at greater risk of being separated from their families, leading to increased vulnerability. Strengthening alternative care systems is critical to ensuring their protection, development and wellbeing. Since 2013, the...

Child Protection Minimum Standards Accountability to Children Toolkit

Since their launch in 2012, a broad range of humanitarian actors now work with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the CPMS) to better protect children facing violence, abuse, exploitation or neglect in emergencies around the world. Through the CPMS and our 10 sector...

The Alliance Flyer (2025)

This flyer provides a brief overview of the structure and activities of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) in 2025.

Analytical Report | Review of Child Protection Case Management Data

This Analytical Report presents the findings of child protection case management data extracted from the Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS+) in six humanitarian settings: Bangladesh, Kenya, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Ukraine. Conducted by UNICEF with support from the US...

Agenda for the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Explore the agenda for the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, taking place from 3–5 June on Zoom. This year’s theme— Protection of Children from the Ground Up: Enhancing Localised Approaches in Conflict and Crises—brings together practitioners, policymakers, and...

Participant Pack | 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Please find Participant Pack for the 2025 Annual Meeting in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. It is important that participants familiarise themselves with this pack before the meeting. The Participant Pack gives you all the information you need to successfully participate in the meeting...

Brief | Global Impact of Funding Cuts on Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Contexts

Children have the right to be protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence. Yet, in humanitarian crises children suffer first and most, with devastating consequences for their immediate safety and long-term well-being. The humanitarian system is under unprecedented strain. Major donors...

Toolkit | Monitoring Child Wellbeing and Satisfaction in Child Protection Case Management

‘Case management’ is a core approach of child protection programming, supporting children at-risk of, and who have experienced, family separation, abuse, neglect, violence, or exploitation. While significant advances have been made in humanitarian child protection case management—including the...

Advocacy Resource Pack | Positioning Child Protection in Humanitarian Action amid Funding Cuts, Shifting Priorities, and Humanitarian Reform

This Advocacy Resource Pack has been developed by the Alliance to support members in advocating for child protection amid funding cuts, shifting priorities, and humanitarian reform. It is a live document / interactive webpage and will regularly be updated to reflect the evolving context. The...

Bank of Key Advocacy Messages for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Children have the right to be protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence, enabling them to develop to their full potential and thrive. This is true regardless of where children live, including in humanitarian crises contexts. Children, in all their diversity, have the right to...

Child Protection Case Management Actions for Sudden Programme Closures or Scale-down

The Child Protection Case Management Task Force (CMTF) of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action has developed guidance on exit strategies for child protection case management services, in response to the challenges posed by reduced funding for humanitarian child protection...