Technical Materials

The Alliance is committed to developing standards and materials covering all areas related to child protection in humanitarian action and generating technical guidelines for use by humanitarian actors. The Alliance is also the custodian of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, which is considered a companion to the Sphere standards.

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Child Labour Case Study | Conditional Cash Programming to Address Child Labour and Promote Education in Turkey

This case study describes how conditional cash assistance was used to promote education as an alternative for child labour among Syrian refugee children and vulnerable Turkish children in Şanlıurfa province in Turkey.

Child Labour Case Study | Guidance on hazardous child labour in agricultural production in Niger

This case study describes how agricultural actors in Niger collaborated to address hazardous child labour in agriculture.

Child Labour Case Study | Holistic Programming for Homebound and Working Children in Urban Areas in Jordan

This case study describes a holistic, community-level approach to supporting children in, and at risk of child labour in urban areas of Amman, Jordan.

Child Labour Case Study | Integrated Child Protection, WASH and Cash-for-Work to Address Child Labour Among Adolescents in Syria

This case study describes how an integrated protection, WASH and case assistance project aimed to prevent and respond to child labour among adolescents in Syria.

Child Labour Case Study | Integrating Child Labour into Humanitarian Needs Assessments

This case study describes (i) how child labour has been integrated into (multi-sector) humanitarian needs assessments in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and the Philippines and (ii) the main challenges and lessons learned.

Child Labour Case Study | Measuring Child Labour in Agriculture: Comparing Approaches to In-Depth Assessment

This case study compares two approaches to in-depth child labour assessment in Lebanon and describes the main lessons learned.

Child Labour Case Study | Measuring Child Labour Through Household Surveys in Lebanon

This case study describes how measuring child labour has been integrated into national household surveys in Lebanon. It describes both common and speci c challenges to each survey, as well as key lessons learned.

Child Labour Case Study | Mobile Child-Friendly Spaces for Working Children and Home-Bound Girls in Jordan

This case study describes how mobile child-friendly spaces supported children in child labour and home-bound girls in vulnerable communities in Jordan.

Child Labour Case Study | Multi-Sectoral Services for Children in Child Labour and their Families in Jordan

This case study describes a multi-sectoral and multi-level approach to addressing child labour in urban and semi-urban areas in Jordan.

Child Labour Case Study | Multi-Sectoral Services for Street and Working Children in Lebanon

This case study describes (i) a comprehensive approach to service provision for children living and working on the streets in Lebanon and (ii) the main lessons learned and effective approaches of the programme.

Child Labour Case Study | Promoting Education to Prevent Child Labour Among Adolescent Girls in Lebanon

This case study describes how tailored education and psychosocial support for at-risk Syrian and Lebanese adolescent girls has helped to prevent child labour.

Child Labour Case Study | Regional Child Labour Strategy for the Syria Crisis

This case study describes lessons learned from the inter-agency process of developing a regional child labour strategy covering Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, in response to the rising levels of child labour resulting from the war in Syria.

Child Labour Case Study | Standard Operating Procedures for Addressing Child Labour Risks at Distribution Sites in Za'atari Camp, Jordan

This case study describes a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) developed in Jordan to prevent child labour and identify at-risk children during distributions.

Child Labour Case Study | Supporting Children in Child Labour Through Child-Friendly Spaces in Myanmar

This case study describes how child-friendly spaces provided holistic (prevention) activities and psychosocial support for children in child labour in Rakhine State, Myanmar.

Child Labour Case Study | Supporting Street-Based Children Through Mobile Service Units in Egypt

This case study describes how mobile service units were e ective in reaching, identifying and supporting children who were living and working on the streets in Egypt. It also describes the main challenges and successes of the pilot programme.

Child Labour Case Study | The Nature, Extent and Patterns of Child Labour: A Comparison Between a Rapid Onset Emergency and a Protracted Crisis

The nature, extent and patterns of child labour can drastically change in an emergency or crisis setting. In the Philippines, child labour increased in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, while the onset of the Syrian war in 2011 increased child labour in Lebanon. In both countries, the...

Executive Summary | Still Unprotected: Humanitarian Funding for Child Protection

Children have a fundamental right to be protected, wherever they live. Children affected by humanitarian crises are among the most vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect and most in need of protection, yet there is limited commitment to fund protective responses. Throughout 2020...

CPHA Competency Framework: Tools and Trainings

Welcome to the CPHA Competency Framework tools and training package! In this package you will find: Three tools that have been developed to support CP and HR practitioners to operationalise the competency framework in their staff recruitment, learning and professional development, performance...

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...

2020-2021 COVID-19 Work Plan | The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action has been working to produce and disseminate much needed technical guidance, advocacy material, best practices, and other technical material in relation to the impact of the pandemic on the...

Policy Paper | Social Protection & Child Protection: Working Together to Protect Children from the Impact of COVID-19 and Beyond

"This unprecedented socio-economic crisis has already rapidly exacerbated root causes of some of the biggest threats to child survival and well-being, such as hunger, reduced access to health, education, social, and child protection services." This policy paper, coordinated by the Alliance and co...

The Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting Moments Report

Did you miss out on the Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting on Infectious Disease Oubreaks and the Protection of Children? No need to worry - you can follow-along just as if you were at the 2020 Annual Meeting by browsing through The Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting Twitter Account ! Or, find all the LIVE...

Report | Still Unprotected: Humanitarian Funding for Child Protection

Why is protection of children in humanitarian contexts so neglected, and what can we do to better protect these children from harm? In 2019, the Alliance, Save the Children and the Child Protection Area of Responsibility published “ Unprotected ”, a report exposing shortfalls in humanitarian funding...

Annual Meeting Blog | Knitting Together a Community for Wellness?

Knitting together a community for wellness? 7 October 2020 “I don’t know how to knit. It seems complicated. But this past-time was brought up more than once by child protection specialists yesterday at the Annual Conference of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action .” In their...

Annual Meeting Blog | Opening Remarks with Ms. Gillian Triggs

As Ms. Gillian Triggs welcomed participants to the 2020 Annual Meeting, she highlighted that in today’s environment, respecting the centrality of protection and promoting the protection of all persons affected by conflict, displacement and natural disasters, including children, is more relevant and...