Está dirigido por: ChildFund Alliance, Save the Children y TOCH South Sudan
Ponte en contacto con nosotros: advocacywg@alliancecpha.org
Nuestra misión
Asegurarnos de que todos los profesionales nacionales e internacionales que operan en emergencias humanitarias reconozcan el interés supremo de los niños y niñas en situaciones de emergencia y que se vea reflejado en todos los mechanismos de respuesta, haciendo uso de una participación basada en derechos humanos y orientada a encontrar soluciones.
Prioridades principales del 2022 del grupo de trabajo sobre la promoción y defensa pública
El grupo de trabajo para la promoción y defensa pública se ocupa de asegurar que el interés supremo de la niñez estén reconocidos en la acción humanitaria, tomando las siguientes acciones específicas:
- Elevando el perfil y el entendimiento de la protección de la niñez en la acción humanitaria en los foros principales internacionales.
- Promoviendo la aceptación y el uso de las directrices y pólizas que reconocen los derechos del niño y la protección de la niñez en situaciones humanitarias.
- Apoyando acciones colectivas e intrainstitucionales que responden a lo que amenaza de manera considerable el bienestar de niños y niñas en situaciones humanitarias
Latest News
New Survey: How Are Funding Cuts Affecting Children’s Protection?
One year after major global funding reductions, the Alliance is gathering updated evidence on how these ongoing cuts and humanitarian system changes are affecting children and child protection services. The survey takes 15–20 minutes, is anonymous, and is designed to capture experiences across levels— especially practitioners working at country and sub-national levels. Take the survey in English...
Key Updates to the Advocacy Resource Pack: Humanitarian Reset, UN80 & the CAAC Agenda
Our Advocacy Resource Pack has been refreshed with several important updates and new materials: 🌍 Humanitarian Reset & UN80 View the latest updates, including reports and messaging on the UN's 80th anniversary reform process and the Humanitarian Reset, including on humanitarian and child protection budgets, coordination structures. 📄 New Reports & Statements Find new publications from global...
New Briefing Note! Global Impact of Humanitarian Funding Cuts on Children’s Protection
Drawing on input from over 250 child protection practitioners in 55 countries, and insights from five leading child protection agencies, this new brief on the "Global Impact of Humanitarian Funding Cuts on Children and Their Protection in Humanitarian Contexts" presents stark evidence of the catastrophic consequences that ongoing funding cuts are having on children’s safety and well-being...
Responding to the Impact of Reduced Funding for CPHA Programming
In times of crises, ensuring the continuity and impact of child protection programming is essential. The Alliance has developed key resources to support advocacy efforts and case management in the face of funding constraints and sudden program changes. Global Impact of Funding Cuts on Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Contexts This briefing note is based on a data-gathering exercise...
Open Letter on Prioritising Child Protection in Humanitarian Action – Welcoming Mr. Fletcher's Leadership
Welcoming Mr. Fletcher to His New Role as UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs! On behalf of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, we warmly congratulate Mr. Fletcher on assuming leadership at a pivotal time for the humanitarian movement. Children suffer first and most in crises, making every humanitarian...
Working Group Member Organisations
Key Tools
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, including the US and key European governments, have drastically reduced humanitarian funding or
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 information provided is based upon ongoing analysis of the situation and critical information shared by our
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 participate in decisions that concern them and exercise their agency without discrimination. Advocacy
Resources
Advocacy Brief | Prioritising the Safety of Children Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has prompted widespread school closures and physical distancing measures, making online platforms and communities essential to maintaining a sense of normalcy. While children and their families are turning to digital solutions more than ever to support children’s learning, socialisation and play, ever younger children are spending more time online, often without adequate supervision or...
Advocacy Messages for Child Protection Actors: Prioritising Child Protection in COVID-19 Response Plans
Emergency responses to COVID-19 are intended to speed containment of the virus but can have devastating consequences for children if they ignore unique risks to their safety and fail to include specific child protection provisions. Protecting children from violence and exploitation can be life-saving during a humanitarian crisis like COVID-19, and governments should prioritise it as such...
Unprotected: Crisis in humanitarian funding for child protection
All children have a fundamental right to protection, but the needs of children in emergencies are far from being met. In 2018, almost 50 million children were in need of protection in humanitarian settings. Yet child protection isn’t systematically prioritised when a humanitarian response is being mobilised, and it remains both underfunded and untimely where children’s lives are at risk. During a...
Advocacy Brief: Integrating Child Protection and Education in Emergencies
Integrating child protection and education creates a mutually-reinforcing cycle that can reduce children’s vulnerability in emergencies. A quality education increases children and families’ resilience in adversity, empowers children, and promotes a protective environment. An environment free from unchecked child abuse, neglect, violence or exploitation fosters a quality education. This advocacy...
Guidance Note for Reviewing Child Protection in Emergencies Proposals (CPIE Donor Guidelines)
These notes have been developed by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) in collaboration with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) as a practical aid for assessing standalone Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) proposals and multi-sector proposals with CPiE components. The guidance is designed to complement the Minimum Standards for Child...
Webinars
Webinar | Sustaining Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: Trends, Tools, and Next Steps
Join us in this online event as we unpack the preliminary results of the Alliance survey on how funding cuts are impacting Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. We will learn more about the new Advocacy Resource Pack, designed to support your efforts advocating for sustained investment in child protection, despite reduced resources, shifting priorities, and ongoing humanitarian reform. The...
Webinar | Strategic Advocacy and Funding in CPHA: Leveraging Data and Evidence for Success
This webinar, hosted by the Advocacy Working Group and Assessment Measurement and Evidence Working Group, will delve into the crucial role of data and evidence in shaping advocacy strategies for child protection in humanitarian action (CPHA) and in securing funding. Through case studies and expert insights, the webinar will highlight successful examples where evidence and data have been used to...
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
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 humanitarian funding for child protection. With the global COVID-19 pandemic...
Webinar | The Need for Governments to Consult Child Protection Advisers when Loosening COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions
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” In April, the Spanish government was about to relax confinement restrictions for children, which was demanded by families and children’s organisations. The process led to rectifications and ultimately a...
