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Contact us at: advocacywg@alliancecpha.org
Our Mission
To ensure that the best interests of children in emergencies are recognised by all national and international actors in humanitarian emergencies and are reflected across all response mechanisms, through rights-based and solutions-oriented engagements.
2022 Key Priorities of the Advocacy Working Group
The Advocacy Working Group works to ensure the best interests of children are recognised in humanitarian action, with a specific focus on:
- Raising the profile and understanding of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in major international fora.
- Advocating for the adoption and implementation of guidance and policy to recognise child rights and child protection in humanitarian settings.
- Supporting collective, cross-organisational action in response to major threats to children's wellbeing in humanitarian settings.
Latest News
New Report! UNPROTECTED: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Armed Conflict in 2021 and 2022
Underfunded humanitarian programs are leaving children in conflict-affected areas unprotected — and it could get worse Children living in situations of armed conflict and in dire need of life-saving and life-sustaining protection services are being increasingly neglected, highlights a new report. In 2022, 66 million children affected by armed conflict worldwide required vital protection services...
Advocating for the Protection of Children – Getting the Message Right
A bank of key advocacy messages for child protection and a guide to support contextualisation of the messages will be developed in 2023 and launched in 2024! Which topics or issues would you like to prioritised? Other ideas we should take into consideration? Examples of successful advocacy messages or processes that you would like to share? Please share your input with UNHCR, who is leading on...
Global Protection Forum 2022 | Child and Adolescent Participation to Facilitate Access
As part of the ‘ Global Protection Forum 2022 – Access that Protects’, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, alongside Save the Children, the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, and the Global Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility are delighted to invite to you our thematic virtual event on Wednesday 26 th October at 10:00AM – 11:30AM CEST: Access for...
Working Group Member Organisations
Resources
Recommendations | Enhancing Collaboration between Child Protection and Food Security Actors
On October 31st, the Alliance, alongside the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the Global Food Security Cluster and Plan International, organized a global online event to spotlight how food security impacts children and their protection in humanitarian contexts and recommendations for urgent collaborative action. Before the event, the organising partners created a series of...
Advocacy Working Group Strategy 2021-2025
The Alliance’s Advocacy Working Group developed this advocacy strategy on behalf of The Alliance, drawing from extensive consultations with the Working Groups and Task Forces of The Alliance, members, and external actors. The advocacy strategy seeks to provide a clear vision and path for implementation of The Alliance’s 2021–2025 Strategy, while simultaneously providing strategic direction and...
Child Protection Advocacy Messages for Ukraine
These advocacy messages have been developed to support advocacy efforts conducted by Alliance members and wider humanitarian actors responding to/working on the Ukraine crisis response. The messages are categorised by issues and themes and include recommendations for donors, humanitarian agencies, humanitarian leadership, as well as the wider international community. They can be used and adapted...
Report | The Unprotected: Annual Spotlight on Child Protection Funding in Humanitarian Action – 2021
Find the Executive Summary in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Children make up 50% of those affected in humanitarian crises and are disproportionately impacted by conflict and crisis. Throughout 2020 and 2021, COVID-19, conflict and climate change have been impacting children at unprecedented scale, putting them at risk and driving displacement, poverty and violence. Whilst funding for child...
Blog | Child Protection and Education Communities Call for the Protection of Education from Attack
In 2020 the widespread closures of schools around the world drew global attention as children and young people across all corners of the globe were shut out of schools as result of the COVID-19 crisis. As many as 1.6 billion students saw their education disrupted, drawing global attention as the impact of the crisis became more visible. Heads of State, policy makers, the media and the public...
Executive Summary | Still Unprotected: Humanitarian Funding for Child Protection
Children have a fundamental right to be protected, wherever they live. Children affected by humanitarian crises are among the most vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect and most in need of protection, yet there is limited commitment to fund protective responses. Throughout 2020, the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the containment measures have layered risk upon risk...
Webinars
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 risks to children’s protection and discussed the role that child protection actors and the wider...
Virtual Launch | Still Unprotected – Humanitarian Funding for Child Protection
You are invited! To join the discussion at the virtual launch, register here. Why is protection of children in humanitarian contexts so neglected, and what can we do to better protect these children from harm? In 2019, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Save the Children and the Child Protection Area of Responsibility published “Unprotected”, a report exposing shortfalls in...
Webinar | The Need for Governments to Consult Child Protection Advisers when Loosening COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions (English version)
Please find the edited recording of the English language webinar here. - Advocacy Webinar sponsored by the Advocacy Working Group COVID-19 Advocacy Team (CAT): “The Need for Governments to Consult Child Protection Advisers when Loosening COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions” 21 July, 8:30am EDT (2:30pm CEST) – English language 23 July, 8:30am EDT (2:30pm CEST) – Spanish language In April, the Spanish...
