New Report - Unprotected: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in 2023
You can access the full report in English here, along with the Executive Summary in Arabic, French, and Spanish. We encourage you to read it and share it with your colleagues and networks using #FundTheFuture to raise awareness! Key findings include:
- In 2023, only 29.6% of requested child protection funding was received across UN coordinated appeals.
- Significant disparities exist in child protection funding across humanitarian and refugee contexts, leading to inconsistent and inadequate protection for children.
- Only 2% of child protection funding went directly to local actors, despite their crucial role in protecting children.
- Positive steps have been made in improving the visibility of child protection funding through reporting mechanisms like the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), which is critical for transparency.
The report underscores the need for urgent action to close these funding gaps and ensure that child protection is prioritised in all humanitarian and refugee response efforts. We urge donors, policymakers, and humanitarian leaders to join us in this critical mission to protect children in crises and #FundTheFuture.
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Save the Date! Global Launch of Unprotected: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in 2023
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. To further this mission, the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025 advocates for the centrality of children and their protection to be recognised and prioritised as essential and life-saving across the humanitarian system.
This September 2024 edition summarises Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.
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--> View Past Newsletters Global Launch | Unprotected: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in 2023 Calling all humanitarian and child protection leaders, advocates, donors, and supporters!
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, UNHCR, and Save the Children, are pleased to invite you to the global launch of our latest report, ‘Unprotected: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in 2023’.
Join us to explore key insights into funding gaps and be part of the conversation to advocate for equitable, quality funding, and the scaling up of proven solutions to ensure children receive the protection they urgently need.
Together, we can drive meaningful action for lasting change. Don’t miss this important event!
Why Volunteer?
- Showcase Your Expertise: Share your insights and ideas with a global audience, and position yourself as a leader in this critical cause.
- Drive Real Change: Your efforts will inspire and empower others in the field to take meaningful action.
- Full Tech Support: Don’t worry about the logistics—we’ve got your back with everything you need to set up and run the webinars seamlessly.
- Widespread Promotion: We’ll amplify your voice through our global channels, ensuring your work gets the attention it deserves.
- Essential Resources: Get tips and guidance on creating compelling presentations and fostering dynamic, interactive discussions.
The survey is available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish and should take no more than 30 minuets to complete! --> Take the Survey Latest Alliance Learning Opportunities and Materials Call for Applications! Global Training of Facilitators on Engaging Community Volunteers in Case Management
Do you ever wonder if there is a better way of working with community volunteers in your child protection programs? Are you motivated to find new ways of working alongside community volunteers, rather than from a top-down approach? If you answered “yes” to these questions, we would like to invite you to this learning opportunity!
This training will provide you with a a cohort of facilitators equipped to use the Community Volunteer toolkit and training manual and promote the ethical engagement of volunteers supporting case management in your organisation and humanitarian response.
Learn more about participant criteria, expectations for participants, cost, application process, and more on the Alliance website! --> Learn More & Apply Here --> CPHA-CPMS Learning Package
The CPHA-CPMS Learning Package in now available in English, Arabic, Spanish, and Turkish! Should you need any support in the use of the learning packages please do not hesitate to contact the L&D WG at learning@alliancecpha.org. e-Modules on Child Protection Mainstreaming in Food Security and Nutrition Programming
The e-modules are now available in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic! Check out the latest e-modules on ‘Child Protection Mainstreaming in Food Security and Nutrition Programming’ on the Alliance E-Learning Hub, hosted on Kaya! --> Updates to CPHA Competency Framework, Development Guide, and Tools! Thanks to the 2024 Annual Meeting being held in Panama, the Alliance has been able to translate of the CPHA Competency Framework and all its tools in Spanish. Please get in touch should you be interested in supporting the French translation of the Framework and its tools.
Additionally both the CPHA Competency Development Guide and the CPHA Resource Mapping have been updated with the latest resources produced at inter-agency level. Latest from the Alliance Working Groups and Task Forces Coming soon! Assessment, Measurement, and Evidence (AME) Webinar Series
At the end of September, the AME Working Group will be hosting a webinar series to equip CPHA practitioners, policymakers, and researchers with essential tools to use evidence more effectively in their work. You’ll dive into how evidence can shape advocacy strategies, secure funding, improve CPHA response, and enhance programming. With expert insights, case studies, and practical guidance, this series will promote stronger, evidence-based decision-making and better resource allocation in humanitarian settings.
Stay tuned for more details and registration on the Alliance Website—don’t miss your chance to elevate the impact of CPHA interventions through AME! --> Child Protection Minimum Standards Training, Latin America and Caribbean Region
The Latin America and Caribbean Regional Subgroup for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF, Save the Children, World Vision, UNHCR and the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action hosted a 3-day regional Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) training from 10th to 12th June 2024 in Panama City, Panama.
The objective of the training was to build staff and personnel capacity and skills in the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action to ensure timely and quality protection responses to all children affected by emergencies and humanitarian situations, based on the 2019 version. Thirty-eight participants from 20 countries across Central America and the Caribbean region attended from the host agencies and partner organisations and government institutions. --> Unaccompanied and Separated Children Training of Trainers in Nairobi
With the exacerbation of conflict regions like Palestine and Sudan, the demand for specialised skills in assisting UASC has never been more urgent. Recent reports highlight staggering numbers: over 6 million internally displaced and nearly 2 million forced across borders due to conflict in Sudan alone. UASC could constitute up to 1% of this displaced populations, according to global projections.
To tackle this challenge head-on, the UASC Task Force and the L&D Working Group of the Alliance, in collaboration with UNICEF and supported by the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children International, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, rolled out a regional Unaccompanied and Separated Children Training of Trainers for practitioners working in Sudan and neighbouring countries, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan.
Held in Nairobi from June 24th to 27th, 2024, this regional training gathered child protection experts from local, international, and governmental agencies across Sudan and neighbouring countries.
The training enhanced participants' understanding of prevention and response strategies for separation, highlighted best practices for working with UASC, and empowered them to strengthen and expand UASC programming in their contexts. The goal was clear: To strengthen UASC programming in humanitarian settings and ensure a strong, sustainable network of support.
Thank you to all the participants who joined us! Welcome to our latest members!
- African Children and Youth Development Network (ACYDN), Liberia
- Association pour le Developpement de Nyabimata (ADENYA), Rwanda
- Boston College School of Social Work, United States
- Canserra Development Organisation, Sierra Leone
- Child Houses, Global
- Community Support Center / CSC-Asbl, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Construyendo Futuros, Venezuela
- Corporación Colombiana de Padres y Madres, Red PaPaz, Colombia
- ECPAT France, France
- Empowerment for Development, Ethiopia
- Ijmaa Foundation For Humanitarian Action (IFHA), Somalia
- Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, Ethiopia
- Mother and Child Welfare Organization (MACWO), United Kingdom
- RESANA Foundation, Moldova
- Social, Educational, and Economic Development (SEED Foundation), Iraq
- Sympathy Hands, Myanmar
- Syracuse University, United States
- Taaluf Humanitaire International Organisation, France
- University of York, United Kingdom
- Women's Hope for Change, Malawi
CPHA Community of Practice
The CPHA Community of Practice jointly hosted by the Global CP AoR and the Alliance has now reached more than 2,600 members! We are really pleased to be seeing interactions on the platform and we really would like to encourage you all to use it.
Please join and introduce yourself if you have not already done so or encourage team members and partners to join!
Sign-up HereMembership at the Alliance
The Alliance as an inter-agency network has now reached more than 265 General Member Organisations! Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
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Available now! Recordings & Live Drawings from the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
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Available now! Recordings & Live Drawings from the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Let’s continue the learning, discussion and advocacy with our colleagues and networks!
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action! This year’s annual meeting hosted 148 participants in Panama City and engaged 594 viewers during the live streamed sessions on YouTube and Facebook.
Throughout the meeting, many participants also expressed their interest in sharing their learning from the sessions with their teams and networks, as well as many interested colleagues around the world who couldn’t attend, or those who missed a session that interested them.
With this in mind, we are very happy to share a selection of recordings in English and Spanish on the Alliance YouTube Channel, with captions available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish to keep the learning and conversations going!
There are also great live drawings from the sessions, available in English and Spanish, that present the information in a colourful and visual way.
In case you missed it, the meeting focused on the protection of children in escalating conflict and crises, with a specific focus on armed violence, climate shocks, and displacement in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The meeting was held in both English and Spanish and served as an interactive forum for practitioners around the world to collectively advocate for real change, as well as an opportunity to share and discuss their evidence, lessons learned, and successes in protecting children in escalating conflicts in crises at the global and regional level.
Find ALL the outputs from the 2024 Annual Meeting in this Overview! Find ALL the outputs from the 2024 Annual Meeting in this Overview! Recordings from the 2024 Annual Meeting2024 Annual Meeting Recordings Playlist in English - with translated captions in Spanish, French, and Arabic! 2024 Annual Meeting Recordings Playlist in English - with translated captions in Spanish, French, and Arabic! 2024 Annual Meeting Recordings Playlist in Spanish - with translated captions in English! 2024 Annual Meeting Recordings Playlist in Spanish - with translated captions in English! Live Drawings from the 2024 Annual MeetingLive Drawings from 2024 Annual Meeting - English! Live Drawings from 2024 Annual Meeting - English! Live Drawings from 2024 Annual Meeting - Spanish! Live Drawings from 2024 Annual Meeting - Spanish!Let’s stay connected as we move forward together!
We encourage you to engage with the Alliance pages on Facebook, LinkedIn,
Twitter, and YouTube and to join the CPHA Community of Practice. Become an Alliance member, or encourage someone else to join. Consider getting more involved in Alliance Working Groups, Task Forces and Initiatives. And promote engagement with the Alliance among your colleagues and networks.
Wishing colleagues a wonderful summer,
Hani Mansourian and Camilla Jones
Alliance Director and Deputy Director
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May Edition - A Closer Look
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. To further this mission, the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025 advocates for the centrality of children and their protection to be recognised and prioritised as essential and life-saving across the humanitarian system.
This May 2024 edition summarises Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.
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--> View Past Newsletters 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian ActionThank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for and expressed their interest to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in Panama City! Regrettably, due to the overwhelming response and limited availability, we are unable to accommodate registration for all applicants. The selection process was exceedingly competitive, and while we wish we could accommodate everyone, it's unfortunately not feasible.
However, we are pleased to announce that we will be livestreaming a selection of sessions at the Annual Meeting! Select sessions will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook and will be available in both English and Spanish, for ease of viewing.
Plan ahead by reviewing the Schedule Overview to see when we will be going live (available in English and Spanish) and subscribing to the Alliance YouTube Channel and Facebook Page to receive notifications about live events!
Please note, no registration is required for online viewing.
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. It will contribute to increased conflict, displacement, food insecurity, financial hardship, structural violence; as well as more frequent and intense drought, heat waves, floods, fires, and other climate-related disasters.
'Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, and Child Protection' has been flagged as a crucial area for the Alliance to explore 'looking forward'. The Alliance recognises that achieving a future for children free of violence, and where their rights, protection, and well-being are assured, is inextricable from the climate crisis. Therefore, we need to invest in foundational and exploratory steps, in partnership with our members and partners, to better understand the impact of the climate crisis on children in humanitarian settings, as well as the effects of the climate crisis on our ways of working as a sector.
The L&D Working Group and the Alliance Climate Group of Friends aim to conduct a learning needs analysis to identify gaps, priorities, and opportunities for enhancing knowledge, skills, and capacities on the intersectionality between child protection in humanitarian action and the climate crisis as the stepping stone to design an appropriate learning pathway.
To engage you can:
- Fill in the survey!
- Disseminate the survey!
- Sign up for a Focus Group discussion using this link!
The Alliance Secretariat is glad to invite you the first Online Coffee Break, which will be held on a quarterly basis, to offer a casual platform to:
- Ask any questions you might have on the Alliance and its workstreams
- Ask questions or clarifications on the Alliance Working Groups, Task Forces and Initiative work, how to join, them, etc.
- Retrieve information on the Alliance online platforms and solve any challenges related to their access and use
- Retrieve resources you were not able to locate
- Get to know the Alliance team and expand your professional network
The Alliance Prevention Initiative of the Alliance and PLAN International are pleased to invite you to a webinar on lessons learned from the Primary Prevention Framework pilots in South Sudan and Niger.
Register Here. INEE Meet-Up | Child Protection and EiE: Being Better Collaborators & Allies
The Alliance invites you to the upcoming INEE Meet-Up event focusing on collaboration between Child Protection and Education in Emergencies. Join us for some networking and great discussion!
Register Here. Latest Alliance Resources Inter-agency Child Protection Case Management Data Protection and Information Sharing Protocol Child Labour Learning Package, a part of the Inter-agency Toolkit on Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action, is now available in Arabic, French, and Turkish! Lastest from the Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives New Indicators Package for Cross-Sectoral Contributions to Children’s Protection and Well-being!
Are you responsible for monitoring and evaluation or proposal development at your agency or in the response where you work? Are you trying to measure or mainstreaming and integration of children’s protection concerns across sectors? The CPMS and AME Working Groups have a new tool for you!
Partners from across the Alliance and the Education, Food Security, Health and Camp Management sectors have collaborated to develop the Indicators to Measure Cross-Sectoral Contributions to Children’s Protection and Well-being. This new indicator package presents a set of indicators that measure sectoral contributions towards children’s protection and well-being. The package includes the indicators, technical guidance on measurement, and a practical checklist for non-protection specialists to evaluate their programs. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
New Competency Frameworks for Non-specialist Sectors contributions to Child Protection!
Do you ever wonder what other sectors should know about children’s protection? Or what key knowledge or behaviours you should include in job descriptions or training packages to support cross-sectoral work for children’s protection and well-being? Three new competency frameworks have been developed by CPMS and Learning & Development Working Groups to help answer those questions!
The Competency Frameworks for Camp Management, Food Security, and Health Actors are intended to support humanitarians in these sectors to understand the specific behaviours relevant to their roles that will strengthen the protection, well-being and safety of children. Developed in close collaboration with inter-agency camp management, food security and health networks like the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, these competency frameworks represent a collaborative effort and mutually agreed priorities. They are excellent tools to inform staff and volunteer recruitment, capacity strengthening efforts and performance evaluation as well as to support advocacy for improving cross-sectoral contributions to children’s protection and well-being. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
For any questions, please contact the CPMS Working group at cpms.wg@alliancecpha.org. --> The L&D Working Group, in cooperation with the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA), the Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) for the Türkiye and North West Syria response, UNICEF, and World Vision organised and delivered a CPHA Training of Trainers (ToT) pilot for the Türkiye and North West Syria response in Gaziantep from April 15th to April 19th. The five day training was planned around the following objectives:
- Describe the objectives and audience of at least three Alliance CPHA learning packages
- Demonstrate how to effectively facilitate a participatory learning exercise
- Reflect on their strengths as a facilitator and areas for ongoing improvement
- Identify the next steps to adapt and plan a CPHA training in their own context
- Recall where to find Alliance learning resources and support
One of the co-facilitators stated: “The CPHA ToT was an invaluable experience for all participants, myself included, as I had the honour of co-facilitating the ToT with The Alliance for CPHA and NWS CP AoR. This event truly marked the beginning of a collaborative learning journey for CP partners from both NWS and Türkiye, marking a significant milestone in our collective efforts.”
One of the participants said: “Throughout the training, I dove into various essential aspects, including understanding the training cycle, applying adult learning principles, and acquainting myself with four crucial learning packages covering child labor, prevention, CPHA CPMS, and Frontliners learning packages. Moreover, I gained insights into the processes of adapting and contextualising training materials and assessing training needs, crucial for tailoring interventions to specific contexts. One highlight was the opportunity to facilitate a participatory learning activity in front of esteemed colleagues and trainers, which further enriched my learning experience.”
We are really looking forward to hearing more from the training roll out experience from this amazing groups of practitioners! --> Unaccompanied and Separated Children Training of Trainers
The UASC Task Force will be holding the UASC Training of Trainers Training from the 24th to the 27th of June in Nairobi. The ToT will focus on Sudan, with engagement from neighbouring countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya.
The UASC ToT course is designed to prepare participants to facilitate training on unaccompanied and separated children. The training aims to reinforce participants’ understanding of the specific needs of UASC, highlight good practice in working with unaccompanied and separated children under a protection framework, and provide participants the opportunity to apply learning so they can roll out training on UASC within their own organisation and to other stakeholders.
Explore the UASC ToT here. --> Accountability to Children session at Humanitarian Network and Partnerships Week!
The Accountability to Children Initiative and Working Across Sectors Advisory Group, in collaboration with the Global Child Protection AoR, conducted a session as part of the 2024 HNPW on Young People's Recommendations to Enhance Accountability to Children Across Sectors’.
During the session, participants had the opportunity to learn and share practical methods to operationalise child-friendly participation methods to enable accountability to affected children. Watch the Recording Here.
Project Update from the Accountability to Children Initiative
This update on the Inclusive and Accountable: Participatory Accountability Mechanisms for Children and Accessible Humanitarian Action for Adolescent Girls with Intellectual Disabilities in Burkina Faso and Ethiopias project is intended to be a live document that will be updated every quarter to share progress from the project. Find the update from May 2024 here. --> Localisation session at Humanitarian Network and Partnerships Week!
The Localisation Initiative conducted a session in English and Spanish as part of the 2024 HNPW on Protecting Our Children: The Crucial Role of Localisation in Child Protection.
During this session, participants learned about the power of locally led child protection efforts through compelling examples and lessons learned from national actors in Colombia and Syria. Watch the Recording in English and Spanish here.
Addition of Local Actor as a Steering Committee Member
We are proud to share the exciting news that Daystar University has been elected as the newest Steering Committee / Core Member of the Alliance! Daystar University, an academic institution in Kenya, is now the third Core Member whom are working at the local or national level.
Welcome to our latest members!
- Ashroy Foundation, Bangladesh
- Association des Dynamiques des Jeunes Marocains, Morocco
- Charité sans Frontières (CSF), Burundi
- Ensemble pour un Avenir Meilleur, Mauritania
- Church World Service, Global
- EvalYemen, Yemen
- Homeland Youths Social Inventive Organisation (HYSIO), Afghanistan
- Ngulde Global Foundation, Nigeria
- School Safety Outreach, Cameroon
- Sunrise Organization for Civil Society Development, Iraq
- Social Care Volunteer Group (SCVG), Myanmar
- Centre for Peacebuilding and Strategic Studies, Kenya
- Human Health Aid, Burundi
- Stop Child Abuse / Vastare, Kenya and DRC
- Nabd Development and Evolution Organization (NDEO), Yemen
- 180 Degree Life Change, Mauritius and Rodrigues
- Restoration of Hope Initiative, Nigeria
- World Hope Givers (WHG), DRC
- Global Youth Philanthropy, United States
- Association Tié, Burkina Faso
- CF "For the Future of Ukraine", Ukraine
- Social Economic Development Society (SEDS), India
- Tumaini Action, DRC
- Hemmat Shabab Foundation For Development, Yemen
CPHA Community of Practice
The CPHA Community of Practice jointly hosted by the Global CP AoR and the Alliance has now reached more than 2,600 members! We are really pleased to be seeing interactions on the platform and we really would like to encourage you all to use it.
Please join and introduce yourself if you have not already done so or encourage team members and partners to join!
Sign-up HereMembership at the Alliance
The Alliance as an inter-agency network has now reached more than 265 General Member Organisations! Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
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Expression of Interest to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting closing 8 March
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. To further this mission, the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025 advocates for the centrality of children and their protection to be recognised and prioritised as essential and life-saving across the humanitarian system.
This February 2024 edition invites you to join the 2024 Annual Meeting and summarises Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.
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--> View Past Newsletters Express your Interest in Attending the 2024 Annual MeetingThe Alliance is organising the 2024 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in Panama City, Panama on the 4th - 6th of June 2024. This year's meeting will focus on the crucial theme: "Protecting Children in Escalating Conflict and Crises: Armed Violence, Climate Shocks, and Displacement.” You can learn more about the meeting theme by exploring the Background Paper.
The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders and duty-bearers to come together once per year to discuss lessons and evidence, network, and collectively advocate for real change. We need you: your experience, insights, and commitment. If you are interested in attending, we invite you to express your interest by the 8th of March.* If you cannot attend in person, please check back on the Alliance website for more information on how you can view the 2024 Annual Meeting.
*Please note that availability is limited and expressions of interest do not guarantee your participation.
Express your Interest to Attend Here --> Red Hand Day 2024 Each year on February 12th, ‘Red Hand Day’ marks the adoption of the Optional Protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for the protection of children in armed conflict. This day of international awareness aims to remind the international community to strengthen efforts to end the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts.In 2023, the escalation of armed conflicts, increasing violations of International Humanitarian Law, and disregard of International Human Rights Law has had devastating consequences for children and their protection. An increase in the scale and intensity of conflicts, often with no clear end in sight, paints a very bleak outlook for children in 2024.
On Red Hand Day 2024, the CAAFAG Task Force and members joined together to ask for collective action to prevent recruitment, facilitate release, and respond to the needs of children associated with armed forces or armed groups.
In simple words: ‘End the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. Children must always be protected!’ Explore key tools and guidance to design and implement programmes for the prevention, release, and reintegration of CAAFAG Latest Alliance Learning Opportunities and Materials The CPMS Working Group has been reflecting on how we can use the sector’s common, core document to increase our accountability to children affected by humanitarian crises and we are looking for child protection agencies to pilot some tools on being more accountable to children and adolescents.
Over the course of June and July 2024, your humanitarian staff would run six short sessions with children (2-3 with adolescents) and we would provide and train you on the materials and the feedback form. The tools are in English but we are selecting one additional language; we would ask you to translate the children's materials into the most relevant language.
For more information or to indicate your agency’s interest, please contact: cpms.wg@alliancecpha.org. --> CPMS E-course - Now in Ukrainian and Polish!
We're excited to share that the Child Protection Minimum Standards E-course is now available in both Ukrainian and Polish. You can find the new course languages and more on the Alliance Learning Hub. Updated! Primary Prevention Framework Introductory Learning Package
An updated version of the CPHA Primary Prevention Introductory Learning Package is now available on the Alliance website in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
--> New Modules! Child Protection in Infectious Disease Outbreaks
The Child Protection in Infectious Disease Outbreaks Collection, developed by the Alliance in cooperation with Ready Initiative, this comprehensive learning suite equips you to explore key topics for protecting and prioritising the needs of children during infectious disease outbreaks in humanitarian settings with six short courses and their associated mini-guides.
You can access the modules here. Lastest from the Working Groups and Task Forces
Child Protection Comic Strips
The CPMS Working Group has recently released two engaging comic strips dedicated to raising awareness about child protection in humanitarian settings.
1) Child Protection Risks in Emergencies
This comic strip illustrates the various child protection risks prevalent in humanitarian settings and the challenges faced by children in these settings. Explore the comic here!
2) Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
This comic strip illustrates the various risks in humanitarian settings and the meaning and purpose of child protection in humanitarian action. Explore the comic here!
--> Organise a webinar with the L&D Working Group
Are you passionate about a particular Child Protection Humanitarian Action topic and eager to share your knowledge with a wider audience? Do you have expertise in an CPHA area that you believe others would benefit from learning more about? We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to work with us to organise and host a webinar series of three events on diverse subjects, catering to the interests and curiosity of our community!
Please let us know what your preferences are by commenting in this opportunity post on the CPHA Community of Practice.
In case you missed it... The Unprotected: An Overview of the Impact of Humanitarian Crises on Children in 2023: As we reflect on 2023 and embark on 2024, 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 interactive webpage here. --> Working Across Sectors Starter Kit: Working effectively across sectors for children’s protection and well-being requires building relationships and collaboration to understand other sectors’ approaches, priorities, and language to work well together. The Starter Kit contains key resources to help you start working — or strengthen collaboration — with other sectors. It complements the website Working Across Sectors for Children’s Protection, where you can find more information! --> Recent Child Protection and Education Webinar: Thank you to everyone who participated in the webinar to launch the Guidance Note for Supporting Integrated Child Protection and Education Programming in Humanitarian Action. This session served as an orientation to the critical shared space between sectors and discussed best practices for impactful integrated programming. Watch the recording here.
CPHA Community of Practice
The CPHA Community of Practice jointly hosted by the Global CP AoR and the Alliance has now reached more than 2,500 members! We are really pleased to be seeing interactions on the platform and we really would like to encourage you all to use it.
Please join and introduce yourself if you have not already done so or encourage team members and partners to join!
Sign-up HereMembership at the Alliance
The Alliance as an inter-agency network has now reached more than 255 General Member Organisations! Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
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Background Paper Available and Abstract Submissions due 16 February
Please also make sure to review the recently released Background Paper to elevate your submission and increase your chances of acceptance!
Submit an Abstract - Read the Background Paper - Express your Interest to Attend
Submit an AbstractReminder! You are invited to contribute your valuable experiences, approaches, and innovations at the 2024 Annual Meeting by submitting an Abstract. When crafting your submission, please consult the 2024 Background Paper on Protecting Children in Escalating Conflict and Crises as a tool for to elevate your submission and increase your chances of acceptance.
Please use THIS LINK to complete and submit your abstract - deadline 16th February.* Further guidance on the abstract submission criteria, please see the Abstract Submission Guidance. If you have any difficulties accessing or completing the online form, please contact us at annualmeeting2024@alliancecpha.org.
If you are submitting an abstract, please ensure all presenters also complete this Expression of Interest Form to accompany your submission.
This Background Paper has been published to enhance and inform the upcoming discussions during the 2024 Annual Meeting. This paper also serves as a great tool for support your abstract submissions to elevate your submission and increase your chances of acceptance. --> Read the Background Paper Here Express Your Interest
The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders and duty-bearers to come together once per year to discuss lessons and evidence, network, and collectively advocate for real change. We need you: your experience, insights, and commitment.
Reminder! If you are interested in attending, we invite you to express your interest using THIS LINK and share it widely with your colleagues and networks - deadline March 8th.*
If you have further questions, visit our website or contact us at annualmeeting2024@alliancecpha.org.
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The Unprotected: Overview of the Impact of Humanitarian Crises on Children in 2023
The sharp escalation in the scale and intensity of armed conflicts and the increasing violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) throughout 2023 has had devastating consequences for children’s rights, including their right to protection. One in five children globally live in or are fleeing from conflict zones. Forced displacement reached unprecedented levels in 2023 and children constitute 41% of all forcibly displaced people despite being only 30% of the world's population. Due to the protracted nature of conflict, the majority of these children will spend their entire childhoods in displacement.
Children are being maimed and killed, recruited and used by armed forces and groups, abducted, and subjected to sexual violence. Meanwhile essential services and infrastructure, including hospitals and schools, are being attacked or used by armed groups and armed forces for military purposes, and life-saving humanitarian assistance is being deliberately denied. The physical, emotional, and mental health impacts these violations have on children are devastating in the short term and will have detrimental impacts on their healthy development in the long term if not addressed.
The UN Secretary General’s 2023 report on Children and Armed Conflict included the highest ever numbers of verified grave violations against children throughout 2022. Situations with the highest numbers of children affected were the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel and the State of Palestine, Somalia, Ukraine, and Syria. Attacks against schools and hospitals increased by 112% and the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups rose by 21% compared to the previous year. With the outbreak or escalation of conflicts during 2023—particularly in Sudan and the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem—the number of violations against children throughout 2023 will almost certainly be higher. Ending and preventing grave violations against children and ensuring that perpetrators are held accountable has never been more urgent. More details and specific recommendations on Children Affected by Armed Conflict can be found in the Technical Annex. UNI443387/Benekire: Children displaced by the violence living in the Rhoe Internally Displaced Persons site in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo on 26 September 2023. UNI484041/Filippov: 17-year-old Habriel is standing in front of a building, destroyed by the shelling on 28 October 2023 in Izium, Ukraine. UNI485696/El Baba: Two Palestinian children sitting in the rubble of what is left of their house in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, in November 2023. The current war in Gaza is the deadliest conflict for children in recent times.
In the first month alone, 10 times more children were killed in Gaza than in the entire first year of the war in Ukraine. Children and their families have nowhere safe to go as Israel continues to bomb previously declared safe areas. Children are being maimed and suffering physical injuries, with little option for medical care or treatment. More than 10 children a day lose a limb with lifelong consequences for their physical and mental health. All children in Gaza are highly food insecure and at risk of famine. Three months of constant bombardment and restrictions on aid entering Gaza have created the conditions for an exponential rise in malnutrition, with extremely limited access to food and water.
Any use of starvation as a method of warfare is strictly prohibited under international law and will have deadly consequences for children. An immediate ceasefire is needed now in order to save children’s lives and protect them from the longer-term impacts of conflict.
Children have the right to a safe and healthy environment, yet the climate crisis continues unabated. During 2023, climate-induced disasters continued to increase in scale, frequency, and intensity, often against a backdrop of conflict and instability. From catastrophic flooding in Libya, to climate, conflict, and poverty induced migration and displacement along extremely dangerous routes such as the United States-Mexico border, children pay the heaviest price, yet are the least responsible for climate change.
Devastating earthquakes in Syria, Afghanistan, Türkiye, and Morocco have exacted an enormous toll on children and their families. Social protection mechanisms, many of which are already reeling from the global pandemic and other crises, are only getting further away from meeting the increasing needs of the most vulnerable children and their families.
Economic vulnerability stemming from lack of livelihoods opportunities continues to be a major driver of child protection risks, such as trafficking, child labour, neglect, psychosocial distress, physical and emotional maltreatment, child marriage, family separation, and recruitment and use by armed forces and armed groups. Funding shortfalls in 2023 saw significant cuts in food assistance to vulnerable populations around the world, exacerbating root causes of protection risks for many children. In just one example, after the value of food vouchers to refugees in Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh was cut by a third in the first half of 2023, there has been a reported increase in child neglect, child labour, gender-based violence, violence within the household, recruitment of boys into criminal groups, trafficking, and tension between refugee and host communities.
As more and more people are forced to flee situations of conflict, violence, and climate-induced disasters, the number of forcibly displaced people reached another record high in 2023 and is now over 114 million people. Children affected by forced displacement and statelessness face heightened risks of violence, neglect, abuse, and exploitation.
In Sudan, where the world’s largest child displacement crisis has unfolded since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, unaccompanied and separated children are particularly vulnerable to recruitment by parties to the conflict. Available data from some of the world’s most dangerous migration routes suggest that an increasing number of children in 2023 were unaccompanied or separated from families or caregivers. More than 11,600 children crossed the Central Mediterranean Sea to Italy without their parents or legal guardians between January and mid-September 2023, an increase of 60% compared to the same period the previous year. The Darien Gap—a remote, dangerous jungle crossing point between Colombia and Panama—saw a seven-fold increase in the numbers of children crossing in 2023 compared to 2022, amongst them a growing number of unaccompanied or separated children. Without the care of families or other caregivers, children are at heightened risk of exploitation, abuse, and neglect, as well as recruitment into armed forces and armed groups, unsafe migration, child labour, gender-based violence, and experiencing prolonged gaps in access to education with increased likelihood of never returning to learning.
2) Prioritise preventing harm while continuing the response to urgent needs While the best prevention remains the end to violence and hostilities and respect for the rights of civilians, particularly children, prevention of child protection harm is possible even amidst conflict and crises. Humanitarian and development actors, including governments, can reduce the likelihood of Child Protection harms and child rights violations by addressing the root causes of harm. If we wait to act until a child suffers an abuse or violation, it is already too late, and the harm can have irreversible impacts. Furthermore, preventing harm to children before it occurs is an ethical responsibility of all actors in humanitarian contexts, including governments and actors across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. Primary prevention also increases the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of humanitarian interventions.
3) Join us - Every actor across the humanitarian system has a role to play in protecting children
All humanitarian actors play a role in ensuring children realise their rights, including their protection rights. Against a backdrop of increasingly complex, layered, and protracted humanitarian crises, growing needs, and widening funding gaps, it is more critical than ever to ensure all actors, across all levels of the humanitarian system, work hand in hand to address children’s holistic protection and well-being needs. This requires children becoming a central element of all policies and decision making across the humanitarian architecture. More details and specific recommendations for each of these areas for action can be found in the Technical Annex UN0819983/Skyba: A child participates in an art therapy session at a Splino Child Spot in a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 25 March 2023. To support children and their caregivers amidst the war, UNICEF, along with partners, created Spilno Child Spots (Spilno means “together” in Ukrainian) to create a nurturing environment in which children can access free and structured play, recreation, leisure and learning activities, as well as therapy and counselling. Plan International: Coumba takes part in an integrated child protection and livelihoods programme ‘Avenir Brillant’ led by Plan International Mali and funded by the Italian Ministry of Interior. The programme provides child protection case management for vulnerable children and vocational training courses for children and young people aged 15 and above. Vocational skills and livelihood opportunities near to home are helping to prevent family separation and unsafe migration due to climate shocks and food insecurity. UN0855919/Janji: Iman, 13, takes part in a UNICEF-supported educational activity at a school-turned-shelter in Aleppo city, Syria, on 15 March 2023. In Aleppo, one of the areas largely affected by the deadly earthquakes, UNICEF, with partners, is reaching affected children, including children with disabilities, with educational entertaining activities and catch-up remedial classes to help them make up for the missed learning and restore a sense of stability in their lives. World Vision International: In conflict-affected Myanmar, Myo dropped out of school to work on a farm to support his family. On the farm he worked long hours, carried dangerously heavy loads, with no learning opportunities or leisure time. Myo is now part of a World Vision International Child Protection Case Management programme. Through this comprehensive, individualised support he now attends a vocational training programme and has time to help his sisters study. These critical areas of investment are further elaborated within the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action’s 2021–2025 Strategy A Clarion Call: The Centrality of Children and their Protection within Humanitarian Action and the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action – an Introduction. They are also underpinned by the IASC Policy on Protection in Humanitarian Action as a central element of all humanitarian action.
While Child Protection actors have evidence-based solutions, including tools, resources, and guidance to help children, their caregivers, communities, and fellow humanitarian workers protect children and respond when violence does happen, it is upon all of us to stop the cycle of violence and adversity that is harming children at such scale. As we look ahead to 2024 and beyond it is imperative that children’s rights are protected as a priority, before, during, and post conflict and crises. --> About the Overview and Technical Annex: This Overview and its Technical Annex were developed by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. We would like to thank the following Alliance members and partners for their expert contributions and guidance: The Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict, International Rescue Committee, Street Child, Save the Children, World Vision International, and Watchlist. The Thematic Spotlights and the Areas for Action were identified based upon consultations with country-based teams from Alliance member organisations and child protection coordination groups across 13 humanitarian contexts. Copyright © 2022 The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, All rights reserved.
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Join Us at the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is organising the 2024 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in Panama City from the 4th to the 6th of June 2024.
This year's meeting will focus on the crucial theme: "Protecting Children in Escalating Conflict and Crises: Armed Violence, Climate Shocks, and Displacement.”
The Annual Meeting will be conducted in both English and Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation services available to ensure a seamless experience for all participants.
Join Us! Explore all the details for Abstract Submission and Attendance below.
Submit an AbstractWe invite you to contribute your valuable experiences, approaches, and innovations at the 2024 Annual Meeting by submitting an Abstract. We want to hear your ideas, questions, failures, and successes linked to the meeting theme, as your insights are crucial in enhancing our united efforts to ensure the protection and well-being of children before, during, and after crises.
Please use THIS LINK to complete and submit your abstract - deadline 16th February.* Further guidance on the meeting theme and abstract submission criteria, please see the Abstract Submission Guidance. If you have any difficulties accessing or completing the online form, please contact us at annualmeeting2024@alliancecpha.org.
The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders and duty-bearers to come together once per year to discuss lessons and evidence, network, and collectively advocate for real change. We need you: your experience, insights, and commitment.
If you are interested in attending, we invite you to express your interest using THIS LINK and share it widely with your colleagues and networks - deadline March 8th.*
If you have further questions, visit our website or contact us at annualmeeting2024@alliancecpha.org.
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The Alliance - A Year in Review, 2023
As we approach the end of 2023, the Alliance would like to express our gratitude to our valued members and partners for your continued commitment and dedication to inter-agency work to ensure the protection of children in humanitarian action. We wish you a happy and restful end of the year and look forward to working with you in 2024!
In 2023, we achieved a lot together. Of note are...In June, we held the Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action on the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action: Research, Policy, and Practice:
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Watch the Live Recordings Playlist (Recordings in English with captions available in Arabic, French, and Spanish)
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Explore the Live Drawings
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Visit and Interact with the Infographic Gallery
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Read the Report: An Overview of the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
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Agenda for the 2023 Annual Meeting
In September, the Alliance launched our new E-Learning Hub on the Kaya Connect platform!
The Alliance E-Learning Hub is the new home of the Alliance’s learning and development resources. The Learners Area houses our self-paced learning content including the CPMS e-course in English, French and Spanish, and Arabic, with Polish and Ukrainian coming very soon. There is also a Facilitators Area, where individuals who train others can access and download Alliance learning packages.
Start exploring and sign up for free here!In 2023, the number of General Members of the Alliance surpassed 244 members with 49 organisations joining the Alliance. From these new members, the majority are National or Local organisations, with 40 National or Local organisations, 7 international organisations, 1 regional organisation and 1 academic institution joining in 2023.
If your organisation is not a member, you can find more information about becoming a member here. Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
-->In 2023, the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Community of Practice, in collaboration with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility, reached 2,450 members and counting!
Register for the CPHA Community of Practice here.
We celebrated the protection of children and their rights during four international days...
In February, we recognised Red Hand Day… by featuring the many tools and guidance developed by the CAAFAG Task Force since 2020 in order to design and implement programmes for the prevention, release, and reintegration of CAAFAG.
In June, we marked World Day Against Child Labour… with a special event during the opening day of the 2023 Annual Meeting, featuring a panel discussion with youth and practitioners.
In August, we celebrated World Humanitarian Day… with a social media campaign spotlighting the voices of young leaders and youth-led organisations in the humanitarian space who participated as presenters or facilitators in the 2023 Annual Meeting and are working to protect children in their communities.
In November, we recognised World Children’s Day… by launching a written and visual introduction to the concept of the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action, which called upon humanitarian actors, leadership, decision makers, and donors to fulfil their commitments to children and their protection.
We made commitments to protecting children in humanitarian action in two international forums...In June at the Oslo Conference for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict, the Alliance announced its pledge to contribute to the enhanced protection of children affected by armed conflict, in line with the Alliance’s 2021-2025 Strategy, and covered three key tracks: Capacity and Knowledge Sharing, Advocacy, and Evidence Building.
Read the full pledge to find out more about how to achieve these commitments by 2025.
-->In December at the Global Refugee Forum, the Alliance announced two joint-pledges to make a lasting impact on the lives of children affected by refugee and displacement situations, their families and communities.
1) Supporting Integrated Approaches to Child Protection and Education in Refugee and Displacement Situations in collaboration with the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies.
2) Supporting Parents and Caregivers in Refugee and Displacement Situations in collaboration with the Global Initiative to Support Parents.
Read the full pledges to find out more about how to achieve these commitments by 2027.
We made progress towards the Alliance Strategy overarching goal and strategic priorities...Over the course of 2023, the Alliance has been working closely with its members and partners to better define and socialise the concept of ‘The Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action’.
In early 2023, a draft paper and graphic were developed and used as the Background Paper for the 2023 Annual Meeting and held an interactive panel discussion on Unpacking the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action on the opening day of the meeting. This session engaged youth from the #CovidUnder19 Advocacy Group who participated in the development of the meeting Background Paper and Graphic on the Centrality of Children and their Protection, as well as key leaders from the CPHA sector. The paper then received wide inputs from actors across a range of humanitarian sectors, donors, leadership, policy and programming specialists and was finalised and launched on World Children’s Day.
Other Key Resources Include:
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The Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action – An Introduction [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Pledge to enhanced protection of children affected by armed conflict made at the Oslo Conference for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict
The Alliance’s Accountability to Children Initiative started mid-year. The Accountability Advisory Group of the Alliance was formed and brings together child protection, child participation, and accountability specialists. The group began convening for wider coordinated actions to progress the Alliance’s strategic objectives on accountability to children. The current major project of the Accountability to Children Initiative, led by the International Rescue Committee, will centre around a 2-year project designed to ensure that:
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The humanitarian sector is accountable to children through inclusive approaches and participatory accountability mechanisms
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Children and youth participate meaningfully in all program processes and have their opinions heard in order to inform humanitarian actions.
During the 2023 Annual Meeting, the Accountability to Children Advisory Group kicked off its collaboration with a special event on Accountability to Children, co-moderated by a youth activist.
The 2023 Annual Meeting also saw the highest levels of child and youth participation in any annual meeting to date with 5 sessions with child and youth speakers and moderators including 8 children and numerous young people:
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Unpacking the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action: This session engaged youth from the #CovidUnder19 Advocacy Group who participated in the development of the meeting Background Paper and Graphic on the Centrality of Children and their Protection.
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World Day Against Child Labour: This session held a panel discussion which engaged a child activist on child labour issues from Lebanon.
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Hear us, join us: Youth Activists Share Experiences of Local to Global Advocacy: This session engaged youth activists from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ukraine as both moderators and panellists.
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Refugee Youth Action Fund to Support Community Based Child Protection: This session was hosted by the Global Refugee Youth Network and engaged youth moderators and speakers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Morocco.
For more information about the Accountability to Children Initiative, please contact: accountability@alliancecpha.org
-->In March, the Alliance’s Localisation Initiative kicked off with the formation of an advisory group. The Advisory Group is co-chaired by Hurras Network and Street Child. Hurras Network is also now the third co-lead agency of the Alliance alongside UNICEF (as permanent co-lead) and World Vision (as current INGO co-lead). The advisory group is composed of child protection and localisation specialists and local and national organisations from Africa, South Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.
The group is currently fundraising to deliver their work plan and progressing collective action within existing member resources to showcase case studies of local leadership for stronger action on child protection in humanitarian action. In addition, the group is also advising on the delivery of the Alliance’s Localisation Action Plan, which is designed to strengthen local leadership within the Alliance and the accessibility and diversity of Alliance network spaces and products. To progress these goals, the Alliance is currently in the process of implementing a Membership Review to inform future actions, and strengthening participation of local and national members in Alliance Working Groups and Task Forces.
In 2023, the Alliance also established Champions in five countries. The establishment of the champions is part of Alliance’s work in furthering localisation efforts and cascading its work in the five countries. This year, the champions have hit the ground running and already developed their action plans. Some other activities of note include convening with Alliance members in their countries, agreeing on activities that they will engage in in 2024, and creating awareness about the Alliance with local Child Protection coordination structures.
For more information about the Localisation Initiative, please contact: localisation@alliancecpha.org
-->In the end of 2023, the Alliance started forming a new Working Across Sectors Advisory Group to guide efforts across this priority area and strengthen the strategic partnerships being formed. The request to submit Expressions of Interest was launched in December and the new group will be launched during the first quarter of 2024.
Throughout the rest of 2023, there has been significant investment in partnership building with other sectors, namely Education, Health, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, a development of tools and resources to support these collaborations.
The CPMS Working Group also launched a new Working Across Sectors Starters Kit, which contains key resources to help you start working — or strengthen collaboration — with other sectors. It complements the website Working Across Sectors for Children’s Protection, where you can find the latest information on this topic.
Other Key Resources Include:
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Collaboration Tip Sheet: Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM)
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Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality Framework
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Food Security and Child Protection
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Education and Child Protection
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Health and Child Protection
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Camp Management and Child Protection
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For more information about the Working Across Sectors Initiative, please contact: workingxsectors@alliancecpha.org
-->Prevention is a strategic priority of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action from 2021-2025. The Prevention Initiative is led by the Alliance, with significant contribution from Plan International, and a 30+ member inter-agency Advisory Group. The aim of the Initiative is to promote increased understanding and prioritisation of efforts to prevent harm to children in humanitarian settings. Significant gains have been made during 2023 on this priority. Some highlights of note are:
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Piloting the Prevention Framework and incorporating lessons learned and feedback from pilot countries. Plan International has initiated the piloting of the framework in two countries: South Sudan and Niger
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Virtual clinics were provided for agencies interested in rolling out prevention programs in their context.
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The Prevention Advocacy Roadmap was developed, with support from the Advocacy Working Group.
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The Primary Prevention for CPHA Focal Points Learning Package was developed and rolled out. Twenty-four child protection practitioners representing different regions and organisations have been trained.
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A new 'focus area' on Prevention has been initiated on the Alliance Community of Practice.
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The Prevention Framework was presented at the International Conference on Child Protection in Africa.
Other Key Resources include:
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Report and Evidence Brief: Understanding Risk and Protective Factors in Humanitarian Crises [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Tool: Identifying and Ranking Risk and Protective Factors [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Position Paper: Alliance Position on Prevention for CPHA [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Primary Prevention Framework for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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One-day Learning Package on the CPHA Primary Prevention Framework [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Mini-Guide on Child Protection in Outbreaks: Preventing Harm to Children in IDOs [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Training Module on Prevention of Family Separation as part of the UASC Training of Trainers Package
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Developed a capacity building module on measuring risk and protective factors to strengthen preventive approaches in child protection in humanitarian action, which has been integrated in other Alliance learning packages
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Upcoming: E-Learning Module on Preventing Harm to Children in IDOs
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Primary Prevention Video Series [AR, EN, ES, FR]:
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What is Prevention? Learn about the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
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Why Invest in Child Protection Primary Prevention? Learn about the importance of primary prevention in child protection in humanitarian action
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Session held at the Global Protection Forum on Acting Before the Hour of Need: Prevention of Harm to Children in Humanitarian Settings
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Webinar on Primary Prevention: Preparedness, Needs Assessment, and Design
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Webinar on the Prevention of Recruitment and Use of Children
For more information about the Prevention Initiative, please contact: prevention@alliancecpha.org
-->In 2023, the Alliance was successful in including a greater focus on child protection risks induced by climate change in the ‘General Comment on 26 on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change’ through a joint submission prepared by the Advocacy Working Group.
The Alliance also held a webinar on the Impacts of the Climate Crisis on Child Protection in Humanitarian Contexts, where panellists explored evidence of the connections between climate change and risks to children’s protection and discussed the role that child protection actors and the wider humanitarian community can take to ensure the protection of children and well-being of children impacted by the climate crisis.
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Child Protection Responsibilities of Humanitarian Actors Comic Strip
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CPMS Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection Video [EN, AR, FR, ES]
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CPMS Standard 23: Education and Child Protection Video [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Food Security and Child Protection
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Education and Child Protection
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Health and Child Protection
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Camp Management and Child Protection
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The Evolution of the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Sector [Timeline and Video]
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Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Competency Framework and Competency Development Guide
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Virtual Launch of the Revised CPHA Competency Framework and Competency Development Guide
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CPHA Frontliner’s Getting Started Package [AR, EN, ES, FR, PL, TR, UK]
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New Alliance E-Learning Hub for Learners, and for Facilitators
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Updated Massive Open Online Course on Protecting Children During Infectious Disease Outbreaks [EN, ES]
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Child Protection Case Management Training Package for Caseworkers in Humanitarian Settings [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Virtual Launch of Child Protection Case Management Training Package for Caseworkers
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Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Cash and Voucher Assistance and Child Protection for Adolescents
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Designing Cash and Voucher Assistance to Achieve Child Protection Outcomes in Humanitarian Settings
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Background Paper: Child Labour and Education in Humanitarian Settings [AR, EN]
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Inter-Agency Toolkit: Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action [AR, EN, ES, FR]
- Child Labour Learning Package [AR, EN, FR]
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Technical Note: Livelihood Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Technical Note: Education Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Virtual Launch of the Technical Note on Livelihood for CAAFAG
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Virtual Launch of the Technical Note on Education for CAAFAG
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MOOC: Programme Design for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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The Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Child Protection and Education Inequalities in Three Humanitarian Contexts [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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A Research Summary by and for Young People: Children during COVID-19 - How were they impacted by school closures and what we can learn for the future? [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Children and Young People during COVID-19: How were they impacted and what we can learn for the future? [AR, EN, ES, SW]
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From Evidence to Action: Centering Children's Voices during Infectious Disease Outbreak related School Closures and Reopenings [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Mini Guide #5: Child Protection in Outbreaks - Prioritising Child Participation in Infectious Disease Outbreaks [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Mini Guide #6: Child Protection in Outbreaks - Prioritising Child Participation in Infectious Disease Outbreaks [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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The Alliance - A Year in Review, 2023
As we approach the end of 2023, the Alliance would like to express our gratitude to our valued members and partners for your continued commitment and dedication to inter-agency work to ensure the protection of children in humanitarian action. We wish you a happy and restful end of the year and look forward to working with you in 2024!
In 2023, we achieved a lot together. Of note are...In June, we held the Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action on the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action: Research, Policy, and Practice:
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Watch the Live Recordings Playlist (Recordings in English with captions available in Arabic, French, and Spanish)
-
Explore the Live Drawings
-
Visit and Interact with the Infographic Gallery
-
Read the Report: An Overview of the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
-
Agenda for the 2023 Annual Meeting
In September, the Alliance launched our new E-Learning Hub on the Kaya Connect platform!
The Alliance E-Learning Hub is the new home of the Alliance’s learning and development resources. The Learners Area houses our self-paced learning content including the CPMS e-course in English, French and Spanish, and Arabic, with Polish and Ukrainian coming very soon. There is also a Facilitators Area, where individuals who train others can access and download Alliance learning packages.
Start exploring and sign up for free here!In 2023, the number of General Members of the Alliance surpassed 244 members with 49 organisations joining the Alliance. From these new members, the majority are National or Local organisations, with 40 National or Local organisations, 7 international organisations, 1 regional organisation and 1 academic institution joining in 2023.
If your organisation is not a member, you can find more information about becoming a member here. Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
-->In 2023, the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Community of Practice, in collaboration with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility, reached 2,450 members and counting!
Register for the CPHA Community of Practice here.
We celebrated the protection of children and their rights during four international days...
In February, we recognised Red Hand Day… by featuring the many tools and guidance developed by the CAAFAG Task Force since 2020 in order to design and implement programmes for the prevention, release, and reintegration of CAAFAG.
In June, we marked World Day Against Child Labour… with a special event during the opening day of the 2023 Annual Meeting, featuring a panel discussion with youth and practitioners.
In August, we celebrated World Humanitarian Day… with a social media campaign spotlighting the voices of young leaders and youth-led organisations in the humanitarian space who participated as presenters or facilitators in the 2023 Annual Meeting and are working to protect children in their communities.
In November, we recognised World Children’s Day… by launching a written and visual introduction to the concept of the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action, which called upon humanitarian actors, leadership, decision makers, and donors to fulfil their commitments to children and their protection.
We made commitments to protecting children in humanitarian action in two international forums...In June at the Oslo Conference for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict, the Alliance announced its pledge to contribute to the enhanced protection of children affected by armed conflict, in line with the Alliance’s 2021-2025 Strategy, and covered three key tracks: Capacity and Knowledge Sharing, Advocacy, and Evidence Building.
Read the full pledge to find out more about how to achieve these commitments by 2025.
-->In December at the Global Refugee Forum, the Alliance announced two joint-pledges to make a lasting impact on the lives of children affected by refugee and displacement situations, their families and communities.
1) Supporting Integrated Approaches to Child Protection and Education in Refugee and Displacement Situations in collaboration with the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies.
2) Supporting Parents and Caregivers in Refugee and Displacement Situations in collaboration with the Global Initiative to Support Parents.
Read the full pledges to find out more about how to achieve these commitments by 2027.
We made progress towards the Alliance Strategy overarching goal and strategic priorities...Over the course of 2023, the Alliance has been working closely with its members and partners to better define and socialise the concept of ‘The Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action’.
In early 2023, a draft paper and graphic were developed and used as the Background Paper for the 2023 Annual Meeting and held an interactive panel discussion on Unpacking the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action on the opening day of the meeting. This session engaged youth from the #CovidUnder19 Advocacy Group who participated in the development of the meeting Background Paper and Graphic on the Centrality of Children and their Protection, as well as key leaders from the CPHA sector. The paper then received wide inputs from actors across a range of humanitarian sectors, donors, leadership, policy and programming specialists and was finalised and launched on World Children’s Day.
Other Key Resources Include:
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The Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action – An Introduction [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Pledge to enhanced protection of children affected by armed conflict made at the Oslo Conference for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict
The Alliance’s Accountability to Children Initiative started mid-year. The Accountability Advisory Group of the Alliance was formed and brings together child protection, child participation, and accountability specialists. The group began convening for wider coordinated actions to progress the Alliance’s strategic objectives on accountability to children. The current major project of the Accountability to Children Initiative, led by the International Rescue Committee, will centre around a 2-year project designed to ensure that:
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The humanitarian sector is accountable to children through inclusive approaches and participatory accountability mechanisms
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Children and youth participate meaningfully in all program processes and have their opinions heard in order to inform humanitarian actions.
During the 2023 Annual Meeting, the Accountability to Children Advisory Group kicked off its collaboration with a special event on Accountability to Children, co-moderated by a youth activist.
The 2023 Annual Meeting also saw the highest levels of child and youth participation in any annual meeting to date with 5 sessions with child and youth speakers and moderators including 8 children and numerous young people:
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Unpacking the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action: This session engaged youth from the #CovidUnder19 Advocacy Group who participated in the development of the meeting Background Paper and Graphic on the Centrality of Children and their Protection.
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World Day Against Child Labour: This session held a panel discussion which engaged a child activist on child labour issues from Lebanon.
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Hear us, join us: Youth Activists Share Experiences of Local to Global Advocacy: This session engaged youth activists from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ukraine as both moderators and panellists.
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Refugee Youth Action Fund to Support Community Based Child Protection: This session was hosted by the Global Refugee Youth Network and engaged youth moderators and speakers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Morocco.
For more information about the Accountability to Children Initiative, please contact: accountability@alliancecpha.org
-->In March, the Alliance’s Localisation Initiative kicked off with the formation of an advisory group. The Advisory Group is co-chaired by Hurras Network and Street Child. Hurras Network is also now the third co-lead agency of the Alliance alongside UNICEF (as permanent co-lead) and World Vision (as current INGO co-lead). The advisory group is composed of child protection and localisation specialists and local and national organisations from Africa, South Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.
The group is currently fundraising to deliver their work plan and progressing collective action within existing member resources to showcase case studies of local leadership for stronger action on child protection in humanitarian action. In addition, the group is also advising on the delivery of the Alliance’s Localisation Action Plan, which is designed to strengthen local leadership within the Alliance and the accessibility and diversity of Alliance network spaces and products. To progress these goals, the Alliance is currently in the process of implementing a Membership Review to inform future actions, and strengthening participation of local and national members in Alliance Working Groups and Task Forces.
In 2023, the Alliance also established Champions in five countries. The establishment of the champions is part of Alliance’s work in furthering localisation efforts and cascading its work in the five countries. This year, the champions have hit the ground running and already developed their action plans. Some other activities of note include convening with Alliance members in their countries, agreeing on activities that they will engage in in 2024, and creating awareness about the Alliance with local Child Protection coordination structures.
For more information about the Localisation Initiative, please contact: localisation@alliancecpha.org
-->In the end of 2023, the Alliance started forming a new Working Across Sectors Advisory Group to guide efforts across this priority area and strengthen the strategic partnerships being formed. The request to submit Expressions of Interest was launched in December and the new group will be launched during the first quarter of 2024.
Throughout the rest of 2023, there has been significant investment in partnership building with other sectors, namely Education, Health, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, a development of tools and resources to support these collaborations.
The CPMS Working Group also launched a new Working Across Sectors Starters Kit, which contains key resources to help you start working — or strengthen collaboration — with other sectors. It complements the website Working Across Sectors for Children’s Protection, where you can find the latest information on this topic.
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Collaboration Tip Sheet: Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM)
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Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality Framework
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Food Security and Child Protection
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Education and Child Protection
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Health and Child Protection
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Camp Management and Child Protection
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For more information about the Working Across Sectors Initiative, please contact: workingxsectors@alliancecpha.org
-->Prevention is a strategic priority of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action from 2021-2025. The Prevention Initiative is led by the Alliance, with significant contribution from Plan International, and a 30+ member inter-agency Advisory Group. The aim of the Initiative is to promote increased understanding and prioritisation of efforts to prevent harm to children in humanitarian settings. Significant gains have been made during 2023 on this priority. Some highlights of note are:
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Piloting the Prevention Framework and incorporating lessons learned and feedback from pilot countries. Plan International has initiated the piloting of the framework in two countries: South Sudan and Niger
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Virtual clinics were provided for agencies interested in rolling out prevention programs in their context.
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The Prevention Advocacy Roadmap was developed, with support from the Advocacy Working Group.
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The Primary Prevention for CPHA Focal Points Learning Package was developed and rolled out. Twenty-four child protection practitioners representing different regions and organisations have been trained.
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A new 'focus area' on Prevention has been initiated on the Alliance Community of Practice.
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The Prevention Framework was presented at the International Conference on Child Protection in Africa.
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Report and Evidence Brief: Understanding Risk and Protective Factors in Humanitarian Crises [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Tool: Identifying and Ranking Risk and Protective Factors [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Position Paper: Alliance Position on Prevention for CPHA [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Primary Prevention Framework for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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One-day Learning Package on the CPHA Primary Prevention Framework [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Mini-Guide on Child Protection in Outbreaks: Preventing Harm to Children in IDOs [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Training Module on Prevention of Family Separation as part of the UASC Training of Trainers Package
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Developed a capacity building module on measuring risk and protective factors to strengthen preventive approaches in child protection in humanitarian action, which has been integrated in other Alliance learning packages
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What is Prevention? Learn about the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
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Why Invest in Child Protection Primary Prevention? Learn about the importance of primary prevention in child protection in humanitarian action
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Session held at the Global Protection Forum on Acting Before the Hour of Need: Prevention of Harm to Children in Humanitarian Settings
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Webinar on the Prevention of Recruitment and Use of Children
For more information about the Prevention Initiative, please contact: prevention@alliancecpha.org
-->In 2023, the Alliance was successful in including a greater focus on child protection risks induced by climate change in the ‘General Comment on 26 on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change’ through a joint submission prepared by the Advocacy Working Group.
The Alliance also held a webinar on the Impacts of the Climate Crisis on Child Protection in Humanitarian Contexts, where panellists explored evidence of the connections between climate change and risks to children’s protection and discussed the role that child protection actors and the wider humanitarian community can take to ensure the protection of children and well-being of children impacted by the climate crisis.
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Child Protection Responsibilities of Humanitarian Actors Comic Strip
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CPMS Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection Video [EN, AR, FR, ES]
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CPMS Standard 23: Education and Child Protection Video [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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The Evolution of the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Sector [Timeline and Video]
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Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Competency Framework and Competency Development Guide
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Virtual Launch of the Revised CPHA Competency Framework and Competency Development Guide
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CPHA Frontliner’s Getting Started Package [AR, EN, ES, FR, PL, TR, UK]
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New Alliance E-Learning Hub for Learners, and for Facilitators
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Updated Massive Open Online Course on Protecting Children During Infectious Disease Outbreaks [EN, ES]
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Child Protection Case Management Training Package for Caseworkers in Humanitarian Settings [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Virtual Launch of Child Protection Case Management Training Package for Caseworkers
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Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Cash and Voucher Assistance and Child Protection for Adolescents
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Designing Cash and Voucher Assistance to Achieve Child Protection Outcomes in Humanitarian Settings
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Background Paper: Child Labour and Education in Humanitarian Settings [AR, EN]
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Inter-Agency Toolkit: Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Technical Note: Livelihood Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Technical Note: Education Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Virtual Launch of the Technical Note on Livelihood for CAAFAG
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Virtual Launch of the Technical Note on Education for CAAFAG
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MOOC: Programme Design for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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The Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Child Protection and Education Inequalities in Three Humanitarian Contexts [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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A Research Summary by and for Young People: Children during COVID-19 - How were they impacted by school closures and what we can learn for the future? [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Children and Young People during COVID-19: How were they impacted and what we can learn for the future? [AR, EN, ES, SW]
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From Evidence to Action: Centering Children's Voices during Infectious Disease Outbreak related School Closures and Reopenings [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Mini Guide #5: Child Protection in Outbreaks - Prioritising Child Participation in Infectious Disease Outbreaks [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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Mini Guide #6: Child Protection in Outbreaks - Prioritising Child Participation in Infectious Disease Outbreaks [AR, EN, ES, FR]
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November Edition - World Children's Day 2023
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. To further this mission, the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025 advocates for the centrality of children and their protection to be recognised and prioritised as essential and life-saving across the humanitarian system.
This November 2023 edition honours World Children's Day and summarises Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.
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--> View Past Newsletters World Children's Day 2023On World Children’s Day 2023, the Alliance would like to acknowledge the central role of children, families and communities, who remain resilient in the face of atrocities and continue to protect children. We also acknowledge the incredible efforts of the Child Protection workforce who continue to serve children and their families, despite mounting demand and often being directly impacted by crises.
As we reflect on the current global context, the Alliance calls upon the leadership of the humanitarian architecture, decision makers within humanitarian organisations, donors, and all humanitarian actors to fulfil their commitments to children and their protection as an integral part of the Centrality of Protection and central element of all humanitarian action. The concept of the centrality of children and their protection means considering the views, capacities, rights, needs, and vulnerabilities of children in all aspects of humanitarian response, within all sectoral interventions. By prioritising children's rights and participation, we can help to build a better future for all.
Explore actionable steps to transform the notion of the centrality of children and their protection into a reality in our introduction to the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action below.
Before registration opens, we need your help to decide on the theme. Take this short survey to share with us what theme you would like to see featured in this coming year. Take the Survey by 8 Decemeber *This survey will take you no more than five minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. --> Education Cannot Wait Announces New US$500,000 Investment to the Alliance Millions of crisis-affected children around the world are in urgent need of education support. These girls and boys are in danger of losing out on years of learning, and are at higher risk of child marriage, human trafficking, child labour, and forced recruitment into armed groups.
To strengthen and scale up the delivery of holistic and protective education for children left furthest behind, Education Cannot Wait has announced a US$500,000 grant to the Alliance. This 36-month Acceleration Facility grant will strengthen partnership between child protection and education sector actors in emergencies and protracted crises – enabling us to better implement a whole-of-child approach that enhances protection, learning, and well-being for children in crisis contexts.
The Alliance has been working for many years with the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, as well as other education-focused entities, to achieve more integrated ways of working across education and child protection actors operating in humanitarian settings. While education and child protection are critically important humanitarian sectors with a specific focus on children, they remain two of the most consistently underfunded sectors. With a stark mismatch between needs and available funding, innovative solutions and greater collaboration are crucial to reach every crisis-impacted child – including children with disabilities – with safe, holistic education. Find out more in the official press release Latest Alliance Training Materials UASC Training of Trainers
The Unaccompanied and Separated Children Training of Trainers (UASC TOT) course has been designed to prepare participants to facilitate training on unaccompanied and separated children. This training will reinforce participants’ understanding of the specific needs of UASC, highlight good practice in working with UASC under a protection framework, and provide participants the opportunity to apply learning so they can roll out training on UASC within their own organisation and to other stakeholders.
Find the Training Package here! Competency Development Guide
Following the release of the updated version of the CPHA Competency Framework and associated tools, the L&D WG is happy to announce the finalised CPHA Competency Development Guide (CDG), closely linked to the framework. The CDG is to help practitioners locate relevant learning and development resources, based on the competencies highlighted in the CPHA Competency Framework. The guide will continue to be a live document as the L&D WG will strive to update it as new learning resources are made available.
Find the Updated Framework and Guide Here! Working Group and Task Force Updates Interagency Toolkit: Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Action - Training in Lebanon
In late-September and early-October, Plan International and the ILO facilitated a 6-day training on the MENA Child Labour toolkit in Lebanon, in collaboration with Global Child Labour Task Force and Plan International Lebanon.
On the first 4 days, we introduced the Inter-agency Child Labour Toolkit to mid-level CP practitioners from both international and national organisations, looking at the legal framework, coordination, advocacy, and programmatic interventions. Participants developed a set of recommendations based on the identified priorities to be shared with Ministries, UN agencies, and senior staff.
On the last 2 days, we validated the recommendations with Ministries, UN agencies, senior staff, and donors and we asked for commitment from key stakeholders to prioritise and work on ending child labour in Lebanon.
This workshop falls under the Child Labor - On Our Way - project, funded by Radiohjälpen, and with support from Plan International Sverige / SNO and Plan International UK / UKNO --> UPDATE: Global Training of Facilitators on Engaging Community Volunteers in Case Management Postponed
Due to ongoing insecurity in the region, the Alliance has postponed the Training of Facilitators that was to be held from 4-8 in Beirut, Lebanon. The new training dates and location will be shared as soon as possible, with hopes to hold the training before the end of March 2024.
The Alliance thanks all of those who applied to attend the training in Beirut. These applications are on file and will be considered for the training once it is rescheduled.
The Training of Facilitators on Engaging Community Volunteers in Case Management is a global, interagency training that will include one month of pre-course work, a five-day face-to-face training, and a requirement for dissemination at the country level. Through the training, CP practitioners will be equipped to implement case management programs that ethically engage community volunteers. Find out more on the Alliance website. Latest News in the Strategic Priority Areas Accountability to Children
In close collaboration with IRC, the Accountability Advisory Group of the Alliance is looking forward to implementing a 2-year project to advance accountability to children in the humanitarian sector.
The purpose of this project will be to ensure the humanitarian sector is accountable to children through inclusive approaches and participatory accountability mechanisms, and that children and youth, including adolescent girls with intellectual disabilities, participate meaningfully in all program processes and have their opinions heard in order to inform humanitarian actions.
For more information on the IRC “Inclusive and Accountable” project, please contact children@rescue.org.
We are proud to share the exciting news that Hurras Network has been elected as the Alliance's new co-lead organisation, marking this a significant milestone as the third co-leading organisation of the Alliance and the first national-level organisation to hold the role.
With a five-year tenure as a devoted core member, Hurras Network is committed to playing a pivotal role in the success of this significant step towards localisation! Multi-Sector and Integrated Programming and Collaboration
New Resource! Working effectively across sectors for children’s protection and well-being requires building relationships and collaboration to understand other sectors’ approaches, priorities, and language to work well together. The new Working Across Sectors Starter Kit contains key resources to help you start working — or strengthen collaboration — with other sectors. It complements the website Working Across Sectors for Children’s Protection, where you can find more information! Prevention
On October 31st, the Alliance, the Global CP AoR, and Street Child, hosted a session on Prevention of Harm to Children in Humanitarian Settings at the 2023 Global Protection Forum.
This session took a deep dive into the importance of primary prevention as a critical element of humanitarian action and discussed implementation strategies, challenges, and the key steps to understanding the root causes of harm and the development of comprehensive approaches to address them.
Watch the Recording in English, French, Spanish, or Arabic here. The Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, and Child Protection
On November 9th, the Alliance held an online panel discussion to explore the existing evidence of the connections between climate change and risks to children’s protection.
The panel included experts from a range of contexts and sectors, who discussed the role that child protection actors and the wider humanitarian community have to ensure the protection and well-being of children impacted by the climate crisis.
Watch the recording here.
CPHA Community of Practice
The CPHA Community of Practice jointly launched by the Global CP AoR and the Alliance has now reached more than 2,400 members! We are really pleased to be seeing interactions on the platform and we really would like to encourage you all to use it.
Please join and introduce yourself if you have not already done so or encourage team members and partners to join!
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The Alliance as an inter-agency network has now reached more than 255 General Member Organisations! Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
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On 16 Nov. You Can Ask Us Anything 🗣️
Child Protection Minimum Standards Update
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On Thursday, 16 November 2023 the Alliance’s Child Protection Minimum Standards Working Group will host a Working Across Sectors for Children’s Protection Ask Us Anything event.
On that date, you can join a live online chat on the Alliance’s Community of Practice anytime between 10:00 and 20:00 CET (UTC+1) to ask questions and participate in the conversations.
In addition to responding to your questions, Child Protection experts will introduce new tools for working across humanitarian sectors for children’s protection and well-being.
Sounds interesting? If so, please learn more about the event (including the experts line-up and the event’s time in your local time zone) and register here 👇
Learn More & Register Learn More & RegisterThe CPMS course found a new home on the Kaya Connect online learning platform. The course includes several new modules and is available free of charge in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, with Polish and Ukrainian versions coming soon.
To the Course on Kaya (English) To the Course on Kaya (English) To the Course on Kaya (Arabic) To the Course on Kaya (Arabic) To the Course on Kaya (French) To the Course on Kaya (French) To the Course on Kaya (Spanish) To the Course on Kaya (Spanish) CPMS Latest VideosHere are some of the latest videos about CPMS standards (all available in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish).
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September Edition - A Closer Look
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. To further this mission, the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025 advocates for the centrality of children and their protection to be recognised and prioritised as essential and life-saving across the humanitarian system.
This September 2023 edition summarises Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.
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--> View Past Newsletters Introducing! The New Alliance Learning Hub on Kaya Connect The new Alliance Learning Hub is now live, and available here via the Kaya Connect platform. The Learning Hub is the new home for all of the Alliance's learning and development resources.The Learners Area houses our self-paced learning content including the CPMS e-course in English, French and Spanish, with Arabic, Polish and Ukrainian coming very soon. There is also a Facilitators Area, where individuals who train others can access and download Alliance learning packages.
If you already have a Kaya account, you can start exploring now. Otherwise, you can sign up for free here. If you are currently completing the CPMS e-Course on the Moodle platform, you will have until the end of 2023 to complete the course and obtain your certificate. Find the new Learning Hub Here Latest Alliance Resources Technical Note | Livelihood Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups Technical Note | Education Interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups --> Revised CPHA Competency Framework
The revised CPHA Competency Framework is now available! Following consultation with practitioners, the structure and format of the framework have been improved. Now available in an interactive PDF format, the new version aligns more closely with the CPMS and draws on our latest understanding of the competencies required to work effectively with other sectors.
Look out for more information on an upcoming webinar to launch the new competency framework! Guidance Note | Supporting Integrated Child Protection and Education Programming in Humanitarian Action
This guidance note by the Alliance and INEE aims to promote integration and collaboration across the two humanitarian sectors of education and child protection).
It orients stakeholders in both sectors to principles, frameworks, opportunities, and resources for program integration in order to ensure efficient, targeted, and effective interventions that result in improved outcomes for children and young people.
Upcoming Trainings and Events Global Training of Facilitators on Engaging Community Volunteers in Case Management The Alliance is offering a unique learning opportunity for senior-level Child Protection practitioners who are leading case management programs in humanitarian settings.
The Training of Facilitators on Engaging Community Volunteers in Case Management is a global, interagency training that will include one month of pre-course work, a five-day face-to-face training, and a requirement for dissemination at the country level. Through the training, CP practitioners will be equipped to implement case management programs that ethically engage community volunteers. Find out more on the Alliance website. Apply by September 22nd. --> East and Southern Africa Regional Symposium on Male and Child Adolescent Survivors of GBV: Service Delivery and Prevention Perspectives
The Regional GBV Working Group for East and Southern Africa is pleased to invite you to register for a virtual Regional Symposium on Male Child and Adolescent Survivors of Gender-Based Violence, which will take place on Tuesday 26th September 2023 from 9:00am-5:00pm East Africa Time.
This Symposium will bring together practitioners/GBV frontline workers, researchers, academicians and policy makers who are leading, researching, engaging with and/or implementing programmes relevant to the thematic focus of the symposium. The event will feature key note speakers/experts from various organizations working on related thematic areas. Register Here. Working Group and Task Force Updates New CPMS e-Learning Modules and Certificates
The CPMS Course on the Alliance e-Learning platform has been enhanced with several new modules covering additional standards, such as Health, Food Security, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, and Education. If you have already obtained your course certificate, you will want to know that now you get a certificate for each additional module you complete. Why not take a look?
To the Alliance’s e-Learning Platform. --> How Well Is Your Agency Implementing the CPMS?
As an Alliance member, you have committed to using the Child Protection Minimum Standards to the best of your ability, incorporating them into your strategies, policies, procedures, and practice. As of mid-September, your organisation can engage in the CPMS Self-Assessment Exercise to reflect on how far you have come in implementing the standards across a range of areas. The exercise takes the form of an online questionnaire and responses are confidential.
Learn More and Get Ready to Engage in the Exercise! Latest News in the Strategic Priority Areas Accountability to Children
Discover fresh perspectives on empowering frontline staff to facilitate the engagement of individuals affected by crises. The Empower to Enable initiative, led by IRC, has published a Learning Report that offers insight into some of the factors that empower frontline staff to enable the participation of crisis- affected people; the barriers that limit their potential; and changes that humanitarian organizations can take to enhance support in enabling crisis-affected individuals to participate and thrive.
LocalisationFollowing the successful launch of the USAID Local Capacity Strengthening Policy, USAID has announced the first annual Learning and Feedback Forum from October 10-19, 2023. The Forum will bring together local actors, global stakeholders in the development and humanitarian communities, and USAID staff to dengage in insightful conversations about the strides made in implementing the Local Capacity Strengthening Policy and collaboratively shape its path forward.
Register Here. Multi-Sector and Integrated Programming and Collaboration
Big news! The UN Secretary-General has now adopted and published its Guidance Note of the on Child Rights Mainstreaming! This significant development is a vital step towards ensuring that child rights are at the forefront of all UN policies, strategies, and approaches, fostering a systematic commitment to prioritizing the well-being of children across the organization. Prevention
Each year, the Global Protection Cluster collaborates with partners and field coordinators to organise the Global Protection Forum.
In 2023, the Forum will center around the theme "In the Hour of Need: Advancing Prevention and Proactive Protection", delving into crucial preparedness and prevention strategies.
Registration details for sessions, as well as a detailed agenda, will be shared soon. For more information, consult the Global Protection Forum 2023 Concept Note. The Climate Crisis, Climate Justice, and Child Protection
Discover the latest publication from the Committee on the Rights of the Child: General Comment No. 26. on Children’s Rights and the Environment with a special focus on climate change.
Explore the insightful content within General Comment No. 26, along with reviewing the Alliance Advocacy Working Group Joint Submission, submitted prior to General Comment No. 26 being released. Don't miss this opportunity to stay informed and engaged! Welcome to our latest members!
- Riverside Development Organization (Trust), Pakistan
- Raising Up Friendship Foundation, Tanzania
- Scripture Union of Kenya, Kenya
- Refugee-Led Organization Network (RELON), Kenya
- The Mango Tree Orphan Support Trust, Kenya
- Gazze Destek Derneği, Türkiye
- DEEM FOR Development Organisation, Yemen
- Nkafamiya Rescue Mission, Nigeria
- Agency for Women and Children Development (AWACD), South Sudan
- HIAS, Global
- Fidel Birhan Charitable Organisation, Ethiopia
- Social Protection and Rehabilitation Centre (AMAN), Qatar
- ROKADA Charitable Foundation, Ukraine
- Dignified Children International, Kenya
- Social Work Department, University of the Punjab, Lahore, India
- International American Relief Society, Inc (IARS), United States
- Hold the Child, South Sudan
- Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association (Hayat Sende), Türkiye
- Brave Hearts Foundation (BRAHAF), Uganda
- Child Protection and Peer Learning Initiative (CPPLI), Nigeria
- The Big Smile Foundation, Nigeria
- Novel Alliance for Development Aid (NADA), Nigeria
- Future Resilience and Development Foundation, Nigeria
- Child and Youth Protection Foundation (CYPF), Nigeria
- Qatar Charity, Qatar
- Somali Livelihood Initiative and Disability Organization, Somalia
- Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection, Yemen
- Loo Niva Childconcern Group, Nepal
- Sawa for Development Association, Lebanon
- The Kick Project, Finland and Zambia
- Peace Foundation, Pakistan
- Yerwa Empowerment Foundation (YEF), Nigeria
- Grassroot Empowerment and Resilient Initiative (GERI), Nigeria
- Unique Care and Support Foundation (CASFOD), Nigeria
- Hope 360 Initiative for Peace, Nigeria
CPHA Community of Practice
The CPHA Community of Practice jointly launched by the Global CP AoR and the Alliance has now reached more than 2,300 members! We are really pleased to be seeing interactions on the platform and we really would like to encourage you all to use it.
Please join and introduce yourself if you have not already done so or encourage team members and partners to join!
Sign-up HereMembership at the Alliance
The Alliance as an inter-agency network has now reached more than 255 General Member Organisations! Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
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[NEW RESOURCE] Guidance Note for Integrated Child Protection and Education Programming
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Dear Alliance and INEE members,We are delighted to share the new Guidance Note on Supporting Integrated Child Protection and Education Programming in Humanitarian Action.
This guidance note by the Alliance and INEE aims to promote integration and collaboration across the two humanitarian sectors of education and child protection).
It orients stakeholders in both sectors to principles, frameworks, opportunities, and resources for program integration in order to ensure efficient, targeted, and effective interventions that result in improved outcomes for children and young people.
This tool aims to support practitioners who respond to the needs of children in humanitarian crises, including relevant government line ministries, national civil society organizations, community and faith-based organizations, NGOs, UN agencies, other implementing organizations, and donors.
The guidance note is organized by programmatic areas, which align with the domains and standards from both the Alliance’s Child Protection Minimum Standards and the INEE Minimum Standards.
This resource is a free and open source global good and should be contextualized for use in alignment with local needs, norms, and values. It is available in English, Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish on both Alliance and INEE websites. We encourage you to share it widely!
If you have questions or feedback about this resource, please contact the CPHA-EiE Coordinator at child-protection@inee.org or Rachel McKinney, Thematic Team Lead at rachel.mckinney@inee.org. We also encourage you to join the #child-protection channel in the INEE Community of Practice (free to join!).
Sincerely,
The Alliance and the INEE Reference Group on Child Protection and Education in Humanitarian Programming
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Available now! Recordings & Drawings from the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
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Available now! Recordings & Drawings from the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Let’s continue the learning, discussion and advocacy with our colleagues and networks!
The 2023 Annual Meeting Recordings Playlists! The 2023 Annual Meeting Recordings Playlists!Please note that the recordings are available on the Alliance Youtube channel in English. However, you can use the captioning function to view translated captions in French, Spanish and Arabic.
Drawings from 2023 Annual Meeting! (English only) Drawings from 2023 Annual Meeting! (English only) Find ALL the outputs from the 2023 Annual Meeting in this Report! Find ALL the outputs from the 2023 Annual Meeting in this Report!Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. This year’s annual meeting hosted 950 participants from 386 unique organisations representing 147 countries and territories across the world. As well as two in-person Participation Hubs in Nigeria and Iraq as a pilot for enhanced local actor engagement. Participants expressed a high-level of satisfaction with the usefulness of the meeting through feedback collected during and after the Annual Meeting.
Throughout the meeting, many participants also expressed their interest in sharing their learning from the sessions with their teams and networks. As well as many interested colleagues around the world who couldn’t make it to the virtual meeting, or missed a session that interested them.
With this in mind, we are very happy to share the recordings of the sessions on the Alliance YouTube Channel, with captions available in French, Spanish and Arabic to keep the learning and conversations going.
There are also great drawings from the sessions, available in English, that present the information in a colourful and visual way. We also invite you to explore the Infographic Gallery from the meeting on the CPHA Community of Practice.
In case you missed it, the meeting focused on the centrality of children and their protection through research, policy and practice. The meeting served as
an interactive space for practitioners to share their calls to action, lessons learned and successes in prioritising children and their protection across the humanitarian system.
Let’s stay well connected as we move forward together!
We encourage you to engage with the Alliance pages on Facebook, LinkedIn,
Twitter, and YouTube and to join the CPHA Community of Practice. Become an Alliance member, or encourage someone else to join. Consider getting more involved in Alliance Working Groups, Task Forces and Initiatives. And promote engagement with the Alliance among your colleagues and networks.
Wishing colleagues a wonderful summer,
Hani Mansourian and Camilla Jones
Alliance Coordinators
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[NEW RESOURCES] The Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Child Protection and Education
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Dear Alliance and INEE friends, members, and colleagues,
During 2021 and 2022, the Alliance and the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), commissioned Proteknôn Foundation for Innovation and Learning to conduct participatory research across three humanitarian settings—Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Colombia—to explore the impact of COVID-19 school closures on child protection and educational inequalities.
Following the research, and to respond to the needs identified, the Alliance and INEE worked with research partners to conduct a series of round tables to provide an opportunity to present the findings and recommendations from the research. Round table participants—children and young people from humanitarian settings, humanitarian actors from Education, Child Protection and Health sectors, and global donors— then worked to develop child-centred actions for preparedness, response, and recovery in cases of infectious disease outbreak.
Three publications and a video were produced as part of this project. Access them on this special webpage, or via the individual links below, to learn how this research evolved from evidence to action, and how it centred children’s voices in the project. The webpage is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
Learn More Find all the resources below! -->Research Findings on the Impact of COVID-19 School Closures
This research draws from qualitative data gathered in humanitarian contexts in three countries and continents to understand how children have experienced the impact of COVID-19 school closures on their protection, well-being, and education inequalities.
-->Children’s Expressions on How they Experienced School Closures
Throughout this research project, we captured children's experiences and perspectives through a variety of mediums in order to capture their experiences during COVID-19 related school closures and re-openings.
-->From Evidence to Action: A Series of Global Round Tables
In the last quarter of 2022 and early 2023, we conducted a series of Round Tables that provided an opportunity to present the research findings and recommendations. Participants then worked to develop actions to promote child-centred infectious disease outbreak preparedness, response, and recovery.
Round Table 1: Children and Young PeopleRound Table 2: Global: Multi-sector Humanitarian Actors (Child Protection, Education, Health)
Round Table 3: Donors -->
Video: How Children were Impacted by COVID-19 School Closures and How We Can Do Better
During the Round Table with Children and Young People, we asked the research participants to share about their experience during school closures related to COVID-19, as well as ‘what are your key messages for leaders and decision-makers’?
Hear directly from children and young people by watching this video, available in English with captions in Arabic, Swahili and Spanish.
For more information about this project and the resulting resources, contact info@alliancecpha.org.
Best regards,
The Alliance and INEE
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April Edition - A Closer Look
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. To further this mission, the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025 advocates for the centrality of children and their protection to be recognised and prioritised as essential and life-saving across the humanitarian system.
This April 2023 edition summarizes Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.
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--> View Past Newsletters Reminder! Register Today for the 2023 Annual Meeting Protecting children from abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence is everyone's responsibility. While we know how to protect children and much has been done, this must be a collective effort.Register to join us at the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action to explore how we can prioritise and centralise children and their protection with humanitarian action and across the humanitarian system. Register Here in English, French, Spanish and Arabic Latest Alliance Resources Background Paper | Child Labour and Education in Humanitarian Settings Guidance Note | Qualitative Assessment Approaches for the Protection of Children with Disabilities Within Humanitarian Contexts New e-Learning Module on Camp Management and Child Protection
The CPMS e-learning course has just been enhanced with a new module in English (other languages coming soon). The 30-minute module helps Child Protection and Camp Management practitioners consider how working with colleagues in the other sector will improve the quality and accountability of their work. Exploring two sets of humanitarian standards, the module articulates the benefits of an integrated approach and how it can be planned and applied in practice.
Check out the new Camp Management and Child Protection e-learning module in English Child Protection Case Management Training Package for Caseworkers in Humanitarian Settings
This updated Child Protection Case Management training package includes a series of trainings to further strengthen the capacity of child protection caseworkers. To promote gradual learning and integrate supervision and coaching opportunities, these trainings are structured in three different levels.
Find Level 1 of this new training package in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. New Videos on Education and Food Security Now in Four Languages
Two new videos about cross-sectoral collaboration are available in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish. One focuses on CPMS Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection, and the other on CPMS Standard 23: Education and Child Protection. With examples from Bangladesh, Egypt, Malawi, and Syria, these 9-minute videos explore links between those areas of humanitarian work and how the respective CPMS standards can help practitioners achieve greater coordination and complementarity.
- Find all language versions of the video: CPMS Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection
- Find all language versions of the video: CPMS Standard 23: Education and Child Protection
A video discussing how to prevent and respond to physical dangers and injuries in emergencies has been updated to reflect the CPMS 2019 edition. A new version in Turkish has also been made available. The 10-minute video provides examples of how to keep physical dangers and injuries in mind when developing Child Protection programs in humanitarian settings.
Watch the Standard 7: Dangers and Injuries video in English and Turkish. CPHA Frontliners' Getting Started Learning Package available in Turkish
This package is designed to rapidly onboard new team members in the wake of a new emergency or crisis to ensure that frontline workers are introduced to the minimum competencies to work in a safe, effective, accountable, and professional way with children, families, and communities.
Find the package in English, Arabic and Turkish here. --> Find more CPHA resources in Arabic and Turkish here Upcoming Events
Registration for the Oslo Conference: Protecting Children in Armed Conflict – Our Common Future
On behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the co-organizers of the Oslo Conference, we would like to invite Alliance members to register for the international conference on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict – Our Common Future (Oslo, 5–6 June 2023).
This conference presents a unique opportunity to advance the protection of children in armed conflict-agenda. Your participation would be valuable in helping to achieve progress for children affected by conflict. Please consult the conference website to find additional information about the conference, programme, logistics and registration.
Please note that registration is not a guarantee for admission. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will review all applications and will determine participation based on a criteria. Working Group and Task Force Updates Help Us Find Out How Minimum Standards Increase Accountability to Children
Would your agency like to join the CPMS Working Group to explore and pilot the use of the minimum standards to increase our accountability directly to children? Over the coming months, we will be exploring how humanitarian standards are understood by children, researching what approaches have been tried to date, looking for creative ways to engage children and practitioners, and documenting and sharing practices of interest.
If you are interested or have resources and experiences to share, please let us know by 8 May. Welcome to our latest members!
- African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) - Uganda
- Afghanistan Development and Welfare Services Organization (ADWSO)
- Cameroon Development and Education Foundation (CADEF)
- Global Aid Hand - Sudan
- African Institute for Children Studies - Kenya
- Association Montessori Internationale - Netherlands
- International Center for Education and Human Development Foundation (CINDE) - Colombia
- Al-Fayhaa Association - Lebanon
- The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (ISPCAN)
- ECPAT International
CPHA Community of Practice
The CPHA Community of Practice jointly launched by the Global CP AoR and the Alliance has now reached more than 1,500 members! We are really pleased to be seeing interactions on the platform and we really would like to encourage you all to use it.
Please join and introduce yourself if you have not already done so or encourage team members and partners to join!
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The Alliance as an inter-agency network has now reached more than 175 General Member Organisations! Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
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Registration Open! Register for the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
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Registration OPEN for the 2023 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
12 to 15 June 2023 – Over virtual platform
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is organising the 2023 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action over a virtual platform on the 12th - 15th of June 2023. This includes four days dedicated to the theme of the meeting, Children and their Protection at the Centre of Humanitarian Action: Research, Policy and Practice.Protecting children from abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence is everyone's responsibility. While we know how to protect children and much has been done, this must be a collective effort. It is more critical than ever that all actors and sectors work together to protect children, including local actors, other sectors, decision-makers and donors. As part of the Alliance work on its ambitious strategy (2021-2025), we advocate with all humanitarian actors to prioritise children and put their protection at the centre of humanitarian efforts.
The Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action enables all stakeholders and duty-bearers to come together once per year to discuss lessons and evidence, network, and collectively advocate for real change. We need you: your experience, insights and commitment. We invite you to share this registration with your colleagues and your networks, as no individual sector alone can achieve this goal.
Interpretation will be available for select sessions during the event depending on the needs identified through registration.
During the 2023 Annual Meeting, we will invite participants to engage in the Infographic Gallery on the CPHA Community of Practice. If you are not already part of this online community, please register BEFORE the meeting!
Please register here: https://changemakersforchildren.community/CPHA-community.
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Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to 24 February!
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Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to 24 February! Due to the recent Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, the deadline for abstract submissions has now been extended to the 24th of February, as we know many colleagues are now busy responding to the disaster. However, early submissions are still encouraged!A huge thank you to everyone who has submitted an abstract so far. This year’s Annual Meeting is shaping up to be an inspiring, interactive and informative event! In case you missed it, the Alliance is holding the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action over a virtual platform from June 12-15 and will focus on the theme: Children and their Protection at the Centre of Humanitarian Action: Research, Policy and Practice.
We want to hear your ideas, questions, failures and successes linked to the centrality of children and their protection, with a focus on accountability to children, prevention, and learning and development. Join us to share your lessons, positions, and practices with the CPHA community.
If you would like to be a part of the 2023 Annual Meeting, please submit an abstract using the Abstract Submission Forms to annualmeeting2023@alliancecpha.org.
Additional information about the 2023 meeting theme, the selection process and shaping your abstract in this accompanying Abstract Submission Guidance.
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Reminder! Call for Abstracts closing 17 February
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. To further this mission, the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025 advocates for the centrality of children and their protection to be recognised and prioritised as essential and life-saving across the humanitarian system.
This February 2023 edition summarizes Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.
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--> View Past Newsletters Reminder! Submit an Abstract for the 2023 Annual Meeting by 17 FebruaryThe Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is holding the 2023 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action over a virtual platform from the 12th to the 15th of June 2023. To strengthen our collective action on child protection in humanitarian action, we invite you to share your experiences and big ideas at the 2023 Annual Meeting!
We want to hear your ideas, questions, failures and successes linked to the centrality of children and their protection, with a focus on accountability to children, prevention and learning and development. Join us to share your lessons, positions and practices with the CPHA community.
In the Abstract Submission Forms, you will find all the information you need and the forms to complete to submit your proposed content / session - by 17th February to annualmeeting2023@alliancecpha.org.
You can find additional information about the 2023 meeting theme, the selection process and shaping your abstract in this accompanying Abstract Submission Guidance.
Find the Abstract Submission Forms and Guidance below:English French Spanish Arabic Please note that submission of an abstract is not a guarantee that we will be able to include your presentation in the agenda for the meeting. The organizing team will contact you in mid-March about whether your presentation has been selected. Now Hiring! Convening Focal Point The Alliance is seeking a Convening Focal Point who will be a central resource for the whole Alliance Secretariat, Working Groups, and Task Forces by providing administrative and logistical support for events and meetings, and ensuring they are well-organised, engaging and of quality.
Learn how to apply here. Latest Alliance Learning Opportunities Child Protection Minimum Standards e-Course: Maintenant en français !
Child protection professionals can now deepen their knowledge of the CPMS in French. Learners can take this free-of-charge course at their own pace and obtain a certificate after completing five of the 18 available modules. The course is intended for staff of national and international NGOs and UN agencies as well as government officials. An Arabic version is coming soon.
Find out additional information and begin taking the course in French, Spanish, or English New MOOC on Programme Development for How to design and implement successful programmes for CAAFAG is now available and live in English.
The French and Spanish versions will follow soon. This course is designed for managers or advisors in charge of designing,
implementing, reviewing, and/or supporting programmes for CAAFAG. It will take you on average 3 hours per week, during 6 weeks.
See here for more information. Learn Online with Us: Curso de Español
The Primary Prevention Framework for CPHA was released by the Alliance in 2021. The L&D Working Group, in cooperation with the CP AoR, would like to offer the opportunity to further explore the framework to Spanish speaking practitioners in an online training event. More information can be found here.
Are you looking for additional learning resources? Explore the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Learning Resource Mapping! Working Group and Task Force Updates New Videos: How Education and Food Security Actors Can Strengthen Collaboration With Child Protection
Two new videos about cross-sectoral collaboration are available in English. One focuses on CPMS Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection, and the other on CPMS Standard 23: Education and Child Protection. With examples from Bangladesh, Egypt, Malawi, and Syria, these 9-minute videos explore some of the links between those areas of humanitarian work and how the respective CPMS standards can help practitioners put in place a systematic, integrated approach based on coordination and complementarity.
Watch the video: CPMS Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection
Watch the video: CPMS Standard 23: Education and Child Protection Looking for more Prevention Resources? Here are some that are Hot of the Press!
Check out our new video playlist on Prevention in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action! The videos are available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
- What is Prevention? - Learn about the three levels of prevention in child protection in humanitarian action.
- Why Invest in Child Protection Primary Prevention? - Learn the main reasons for investing in child protection prevention programming in humanitarian crises.
- Primary Prevention Explained: Sarah's Story - Learn about what child protection in humanitarian action primary prevention is through a case study.
Preventing and Responding to Child Labour in Humanitarian Settings – Online Training
The Child Labour Task Force and the CP AoR have now conducted the first online training on ‘Preventing and responding to child labour in humanitarian settings’ based on the Inter-Agency Toolkit and its accompanying learning package.
In December the online training was facilitated in Arabic, tailored for CP practitioners from the MENA region, while a global one in English was conducted in January. The online training in Spanish, targeting the LAC region, has just started in February. More than 30 Child Protection practitioners were selected for each online training and had the opportunity to learn more about the Inter-Agency Toolkit and how to integrate Child Labour and Child Protection programming as well as to share their context-specific experiences.
CPHA Community of Practice
The CPHA Community of Practice jointly launched by the Global CP AoR and the Alliance has now reached more than 1,300 members! We are pleased to be seeing interactions on the platform and we encourage you all to use it.
Please join and introduce yourself if you have not already done so or encourage team members and partners to join!
Sign-up HereMembership at the Alliance
The Alliance as a global, inter-agency network has now reached more than 175 General Member Organisations! Not sure if your organisation is a member? Find a complete list of all Alliance Member organisations here.
If your organisation is not a member, you can find more information about becoming a member here.
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