Dirigido por: Plan Internacional y War Child
Ponte en contacto con nosotros: caafag.tf@alliancecpha.org
Nuestra misión
El objetivo principal del grupo operativo sobre los niños y niñas asociados a fuerzas y grupos armados (CAAFAG por sus siglas en inglés) es coordinar y colaborar entre los profesionales humanitarios y los que operan en el contexto de desarrollo y ofrecer apoyo técnico y capacitación a los operadores in situ a fortalecer programas en emergencias y en crisis prolongadas que prevengan el reclutamiento, faciliten la liberación y respondan a las necesidades de los niños y niañs asociados a fuerzas y grupos armados.
Prioridades del grupo operativo sobre los niños y niñas asociados a fuerzas y grupos armados (CAAFAG siglas en inglés)
- Aumentar entre los operadores el acceso y uso de las normativas y herramienta interinstitucionales que previenen y responden al reclutamiento de niños y niñas a las fuerzas y grupos armados.
- Mejorar el conocimiento, la capacidad y el comportamiento de los profesionales humanitarios y los que operan en el contexto de desarrollo para que sepan prevenir y responder al reclutamiento de niños y niñas a las fuerzas y grupos armados.
- Compartir información comprobada, investigaciones, buenas prácticas y lecciones aprendidas que contribuyan a un mayor entendimiento de las cuestiones de CAAFAG y de lo que constituye una respuesta efectiva.
- Facilitar conexiones entre el grupo operativo CAAFAG y otras plataformas e iniciativas globales, que incluyen pero no se limitan al Grupo directivo de los principios de París y otros grupos de trabajo y operativos de la Alianza para la protección de la niñez en la acción humanitaria.
Latest News
Red Hand Day 2025
February 12th marks adoption of the Optional Protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for the protection of children in armed conflict. Also known as ‘Red Hand Day’, 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 2024, ongoing escalation of armed conflicts, along...
Red Hand Day 2024
February 12th marks adoption of the Optional Protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for the protection of children in armed conflict. Also known as ‘ Red Hand Day’ , 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...
Task Force Member Organisations
Key Tools
Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups Task Force - Offer of Support
This Offer of Support outlines how the Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) Task Force coordinates humanitarian and development actors to strengthen quality programming that prevents recruitment, facilitates release, and responds to the needs of CAAFAG in emergencies and protracted crises.
It highlights the Task Force’s mission, priorities, and the practical support
Technical Note | Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups: Lessons Learnt and Good Practices on Prevention of Recruitment and Use, Release and Reintegration
This Technical Note provides information on the challenges that girls associated with armed forces and armed groups (GAAFAG) face during their recruitment, their period of association, and their reintegration, as well as lessons learnt and promising practices to implement gender-sensitive and gender-informed prevention, release and reintegration programmes. Very little global guidance is available
Resources
Report | Capacity Needs and Gaps Analysis: CAAFAG Programming
The Alliance CAAFAG Task Force is implementing an interagency project with the aim to strengthen the capacities of field practitioners to design and implement programs related to the prevention of child recruitment, the release and the reintegration of children associated with armed forces and armed groups across multiple contexts. Through this project, Plan International will develop a capacity...
May 2000 Child in Armed Conflict Resolution: Optional protocol to the Convention on the rights of the child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Children's Involvement in Armed Conflict aims to safeguard children from being recruited and used in hostilities. The General Assembly approved the Protocol on May 25, 2000, and it went into effect on February 12, 2002.
Webinars
Webinar | Healing Futures: Case Management for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups
Children associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG) face unique and complex challenges that impede their reintegration into their family and community. This webinar aims to discuss these challenges and explore effective case management strategies tailored specifically for CAAFAG through the experience of three organizations working with CAAFAG in South Sudan and Nigeria. Key Objectives...
Webinar | Dual Battlegrounds: Protecting Children Recruited by Armed Groups and by Criminal Organisations
*Due to technical difficulties, unfortunately this webinar was not recorded in English. However, you can find the French , Spanish , and Arabic recordings on the Alliance YouTube Channel! The CAAFAG Task Force is pleased to invite you to a webinar on protecting children recruited by armed groups and by criminal organisations on 28 January 2025 at 3:00 pm CET. Interpretation will be provided in...
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...
Virtual Launch of the Technical Note on Education for CAAFAG
Join the Alliance CAAFAG Task Force for the virtual launch of a brand new technical note on Education and Child Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups! This 60-minute moderated dialogue will feature interventions by panellists on education programming and key recommendations to foster collaboration between the child protection and education sectors. Simultaneous interpretation will be...
Virtual Launch of the Technical Note on Livelihood for CAAFAG
Join the Alliance CAAFAG Task Force for the virtual launch of a brand new technical note on Livelihood and Child Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups! This 60-minute moderated dialogue will feature interventions by panellists on livelihood programming and key recommendations to foster collaboration between the child protection and Food Security and Livelihood sectors. Simultaneous...
Webinar | Prevention of Recruitment and Use of Children
The CAAFAG task force is pleased to invite you to a webinar on the Prevention of Recruitment and Use of Children on 25 May 2023 15.00 – 16.00 CET (Geneva). Interpretation will be provided in French, Spanish and Arabic. This webinar will focus on the prevention of recruitment and use of children in armed forces and armed groups. This is an opportunity to hear from child protection actors about...
Webinar | Children Associated with Armed Groups Designated as Terrorists
The Alliance CAAFAG Task Force is pleased to invite you to a webinar on “ Children associated with armed groups designated as terrorists ” on Tuesday 22nd November 2022 from 15:00 – 16:30 CET (Geneva). Interpretation will be provided in French, Spanish and Arabic. This webinar will focus on a discussion on the legal frameworks for CAAFAG, advocacy strategies for children in detention and on how...
Webinar | Community-Level Prevention: Release and Reintegration of Child Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG)
This webinar will focus on the involvement of the community in the prevention of recruitment and use, the facilitation of release, and the reintegration of children associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG). This is an opportunity to hear from child protection actors about their experience in engaging the communities in CAAFAG programming and to discuss good practices, lessons learned...
Webinar | Handover Protocols for the Transfer of Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups, Including CAAFAG in Detention
Find the Concept Note for this event here. Thousands of children in situations of armed conflict are doubly victimized: first, at the hands of armed groups or forces that recruit and use them in their ranks, and then by parties to the conflict who detain them for their alleged association with those groups or forces. Many of these children never receive the reintegration support and services they...
Virtual Launch | Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups Programme Development Toolkit
The CAAFAG Task Force is very pleased to announce the launch of the CAAFAG Programme Development Toolkit on the 16th of February at 9 am EST/ 3 pm CET. Simultaneous Interpretaion in French, Spanish and Arabic will be available during the event! The objective of the toolkit is to provide field practitioners with the knowledge and skills to design quality gender-based programmes for CAAFAG, with the...
CAAFAG and COVID-19 [English]
This webinar will focus on the impacts of COVID-19 on programs related to children associated with armed forces and armed groups. Building from Key Messages and Considerations for Programming for CAAFAG During COVID-19, this webinar will bring together CP practitioners from Nigeria, South Sudan, and the Philippines to discuss challenges, good practices, and lessons learned. Children who spend any...
Webinar | Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups
Register via this Zoom link. The Alliance CAAFAG Task Force is pleased to invite you to a webinar on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups! Sandra Maignant, CAAFAG advisor for Plan International and writer of the Technical Note on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups will present the findings of her research and recommendations for gender sensitive programming. The...
Webinar | Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (French version)
Register via this Zoom link. The Alliance CAAFAG Task Force is pleased to invite you to a webinar on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups! Sandra Maignant, CAAFAG advisor for Plan International and writer of the Technical Note on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups will present the findings of her research and recommendations for gender sensitive programming. The...
Webinar | Launch of the Technical Note on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups
Register via this Zoom link. Dear colleagues, We hope you are and your loved ones are well. The CAAFAG Task Force, co-led by UNICEF and Plan International, is excited to invite you to the Virtual Launch of a Technical Note on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups! The event will include a moderated discussion including two young women along with a discussion of the recommendations...
Webinar | CAAFAG and COVID-19 (French version)
Veuillez vous inscrire par ce Zoom link. Ce webinaire portera sur l'impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur les programmes concernant les enfants associés aux forces et groupes armés. A travers les messages clés et les considérations en lien avec ces programmes, ce webinaire réunira des professionnels de la protection de l'enfance travaillant dans les contextes de le Mali, la République démocratique...
