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World Humanitarian Day 2024
2023 was the deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers. 2024 could be even worse. These facts lay bare a glaring truth: the world is failing humanitarian workers and, by extension, the people they serve. Despite universally accepted international laws to regulate the conduct of armed...
Now Available in Spanish and Arabic! e-Modules on Child Protection Mainstreaming in Food Security and Nutrition Programming
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! This course is free-of-charge, online and self-guided. It provides an overview of...
Sign up for the FREE online, facilitated course on the CPMS!
Do you want to learn about our sector’s minimum standards? Are you curious about how to put them into practice? How about becoming a champion of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action? Sign up for the FREE online, facilitated course on the CPMS! Our goal is to develop a...
Available now! Recordings & Live Drawings from the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
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. Let’s continue the learning, discussion and...
CPHA and Climate Intersectionality Learning Needs Analysis – Your help needed!
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...
New Resources for Working Across Sectors
The whole humanitarian system has a role to play in realising children’s rights, including their right to protection. Greater collaboration, action, and investment are needed to ensure all humanitarian interventions are safe, accessible, and child protection sensitive. When protecting children is a...
Updated! Introductory Learning Package for the Primary Prevention Framework
The CPHA Primary Prevention Introductory Learning Package has been updated and is now available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. This package is designed to strengthen participants’ overall understanding of primary prevention in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and is designed to be...
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...
Opportunity to Contribute to INEE’s New Strategic Framework
One of the Alliance's long-standing partners, the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), has launched a call for feedback process for its draft new strategic framework. This strategic framework will give shape and direction to all of the INEE’s work as a network through 2030. The...
Upcoming Online Training! CPHA Competency Framework
The L&D Working Group at the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is pleased to invite applications to participate in a short training on the CPHA Competency Framework and its associated tools. The course will provide an introduction to the CPHA Competency Framework and three tools...
Calls for Urgent Action! The Unprotected: Overview of the Impact of Humanitarian Crises on Children in 2023
As we reflect on 2023 and embark on a new year, the Alliance is deeply concerned about the devastating consequences of increasing armed conflict, climate-induced emergencies, and disasters associated with natural hazards on children around the world. Explore the Dedicated Webpage for The Unprotected...
A Year in Review, 2023 - The Alliance
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. Dive into our latest newsletter, "A Year in Review, 2023...
Alliance Pledges at the Global Refugee Forum 2023
At the Global Refuge Forum 2023, the Alliance is proud to announce 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...
World Children's Day 2023
On World Children’s Day 2023, the Alliance is deeply concerned about the devastating consequences of increasing conflict, climate-induced emergencies, and natural disasters, on children around the world. As their communities are flooded, affected by severe drought, or turned into battlefields...
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...
Introducing the Competency Development Guide as part of the CPHA Competency Framework!
The Learning & Development Working Group are excited to announce the release of the Competency Development Guide (CDG) as part of the CPHA Competency Framework! Developed with practitioners in mind, the CDG is a comprehensive resource designed to enhance your learning and development journey. The...
Join our session at the 2023 Global Protection Forum!
Each year, the Global Protection Cluster (GPC), including its Areas of Responsibility and its Strategic Advisory Group, organizes a Global Protection Forum with partners and field coordinators to review emerging challenges, learnings, and opportunities in relation to the protection of communities...
New Training Package! UASC Training of Trainers
The Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) Task Force is thrilled to announce the release of the UASC Training of Trainers Learning Package! The course is designed to prepare participants to facilitate training on UASC. This training will reinforce participants’ understanding of the specific...
Now Live! New Alliance E-Learning Hub
The new Alliance E-Learning Hub is now live, and available here via the Kaya Connect platform! The Alliance E-Learning Hub is home to 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...
Call for Applications! Training of Facilitators on Engaging Community Volunteers in Case Management
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is offering a training opportunity on the recently launched inter-agency Community Volunteer Toolkit and Training Manual. With funding from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, this program will develop a cohort of facilitators equipped...
NEW RESOURCE! Guidance Note for Integrated Child Protection and Education Programming
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...
Call for Papers and Presenters! East and Southern Africa Regional Symposium on Male and Child Adolescent Survivors of GBV: Service Delivery and Prevention Perspectives
Members of the Regional GBV Working Group for East and Southern Africa are pleased to share that we will be hosting a regional Symposium on Male Child and Adolescent Survivors of Gender-Based Violence with a focus on Service Delivery and Prevention. The event is being co-hosted by the following...
Available now! Recordings & Drawings from the 2023 Annual Meeting
Want to revisit any of the sessions from the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action? Don’t worry! All the session recordings and live drawings are available to review and share across your networks for future learning, discussion and advocacy! To explore the recordings, the...
New Report! UNPROTECTED: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Armed Conflict in 2021 and 2022
Underfunded humanitarian programs are leaving children in conflict-affected areas unprotected — and it could get worse Children living in situations of armed conflict and in dire need of life-saving and life-sustaining protection services are being increasingly neglected, highlights a new report. In...