Led By: World Vision International and UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight
Contact us at: ame.wg@alliancecpha.org
Our Mission
The AME (Assessment, Measurement, and Evidence) Working Group exists to empower child protection practitioners with the tools, evidence, and skills needed to improve outcomes for children in humanitarian settings. We focus on promoting evidence-informed decision-making, fostering collaboration, and building capacity to integrate data and insights into program design and implementation.
Key Priorities of the AME Working Group
- Developing and Sharing Tools: We create, review, and disseminate tools and methods to help practitioners assess and monitor child protection programs effectively.
- Generating and Promoting Evidence: We synthesise, analyse, and share evidence to inform and improve child protection in humanitarian settings.
- Building Capacity: We provide training, guidance, and resources to enhance the skills of practitioners and organisations in using evidence and assessment tools.
- Collaborating Across Groups: We support other Working Groups and Task Forces in advancing their work through evidence-based approaches, including developing shared methodologies and frameworks.
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Resources

Child Protection in Emergencies Situation and Response Monitoring Toolkit

The purpose of the toolkit is to provide guidance on how to develop and implement systems for monitoring child protection issues that affect children in humanitarian settings, as well as for monitoring the child protection response. Acknowledging the multifaceted nature of protection, this toolkit focuses only on protection of children. However, it has to be considered in the broader context of...
Summary: Review on Child Wellbeing in Humanitarian Action: Concepts, Definitions and Domains

This is a summary of the Alliance's Desk Review on Child Wellbeing in Humanitarian Action: Concepts, Definitions, and Domains. A chapter-level summary is presented in 11 postcard-sized slides, highlighting the desk review on the definition of child wellbeing in humanitarian action. Reading time: 3 minutes
Child Protection Rapid Assessment (CPRA) Toolkit Review

This report provides findings and analysis on the use of the Child Protection Rapid Assessment (CPRA) Toolkit between 2014 and 2018. It includes recommendations for (a) improving the CPRA Toolkit and (b) more effectively situating it within the broader framework of child protection analysis and assessment in humanitarian contexts. This is the second review of the CPRA toolkit and builds upon the...
Briefing note: Setting the Global Research Agenda for Child Protection in Humanitarian Contexts

At the end of 2017, the Assessment, Measurement and Evidence (AME) Working Group of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action undertook a research prioritization exercise, adapted from the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI), to identify and rank research priorities for child protection in emergencies. Forty-nine child protection experts working in a range of...
Site Specific Child Protection Rapid Assessment: A guidance note

This guidance note is an addendum to the Child Protection Rapid Assessment (CPRA) toolkit produced by the Child Protection Working Group. It should be used in conjunction with the CPRA toolkit in situations where: The number of distinct communities affected by the emergency is smaller than 15, or Less than 15 of the affected communities are accessible for the purpose of the assessment. The...
Child Protection in Emergencies Assessment Flowchart
This flowchart is designed to help determine the type of assessment needed in a given humanitarian context.
Child Protection in Emergencies Initial Assessment (CPIA)
This toolkit aims to provide a methodology to generate the necessary evidence for Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE) response and programming and to inform the development of the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and the severity ranking in the following situations were a CPRA may not be feasible due to time, access, funding and other restrictions: During weeks 2 to 4 of a rapid onset emergency...
Webinars
Webinar | Enhancing Parenting Practices in Humanitarian Settings: Evidence and Strategies

Discover how parenting interventions can transform lives in humanitarian crises. Our expert panel will discuss the findings of a comprehensive meta-analysis on reducing violence against children and improving family well-being in low- and middle-income countries. What You'll Learn: Key findings on the effectiveness of parenting interventions. Challenges and strategies for implementation in crisis...
Webinar | Harnessing AI and Secondary Data for Smarter Child Protection in Humanitarian Contexts

In the second instalment of the Empowering Child Protection through Evidence Webinar Series, presented by the Alliance, the CPAoR, and UNHCR, this webinar will feature case studies demonstrating how child protection actors can use data and evidence to inform their response, monitoring, and planning in humanitarian contexts. In today’s increasingly complex crises and with the abundance of data...
Webinar | Strategic Advocacy and Funding in CPHA: Leveraging Data and Evidence for Success

This webinar, hosted by the Advocacy Working Group and Assessment Measurement and Evidence Working Group, will delve into the crucial role of data and evidence in shaping advocacy strategies for child protection in humanitarian action (CPHA) and in securing funding. Through case studies and expert insights, the webinar will highlight successful examples where evidence and data have been used to...
Webinar | Capturing Voices: Evidence Generation for CAAFAG

Watch the recording in French or Spanish ! The involvement of children associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG) in evidence generation, including data collection for research and learning, is often methodologically and ethically challenging. While it is understandable that field practitioners may be hesitant to involve CAAFAG in knowledge generation activities due to the risks and...
Webinar | The Pathways Between Natural Disasters and Violence Against Children—A conversation between research and practice
To find the related research article and blog post, click here. The structure of child protection programming during humanitarian emergencies is based upon the principle of increased risk of violence. Humanitarian programmatic interventions often use the same models for armed conflict and natural disasters. Little is understood on how they may differ, and the bulk of the current evidence focuses...