Led By: Street Child, Save the Children, and the Organisation for Children's Harmony (TOCH)
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
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. Survey on Funding Cuts – Your Input Matters We have launched an anonymous survey to gather insights from child protection practitioners on how...
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...
Calls for Urgent Action! The Unprotected: Overview of the Impact of Humanitarian Crises on Children in 2023
As we reflect on 2023 and embark on a new year, the Alliance is deeply concerned about the devastating consequences of increasing armed conflict, climate-induced emergencies, and disasters associated with natural hazards on children around the world. Explore the Dedicated Webpage for The Unprotected: An Overview of the Impact of Humanitarian Crises on Children in 2023 here! Against this backdrop...
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...
Working Group Member Organisations
Resources
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 | 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
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...
