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NEW DATES - Alliance Virtual Meet-Ups in Arabic, English, and Spanish
Let’s Connect at the Alliance Virtual Meet-Ups - Additional Meet-Ups in Arabic, English, and Spanish have been added! Overview and Benefits of Joining the Virtual Meet-Ups: The Alliance Secretariat is glad to invite you to quarterly open online session to offer a casual platform to: Ask any...
Toolkit | Monitoring Child Wellbeing and Satisfaction in Child Protection Case Management
‘Case management’ is a core approach of child protection programming, supporting children at-risk of, and who have experienced, family separation, abuse, neglect, violence, or exploitation. While significant advances have been made in humanitarian child protection case management—including the...
HNPW Session | Child Protection in the Context of Climate Crises: Addressing Intersectionality in Humanitarian Action
The climate crisis exacerbates child protection risks, threatening the safety, mental health, and psychosocial well-being of children, as well as exacerbating inequity through its intergenerational impacts. The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) recently conducted a...
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...
HNPW Session | Driving People and Child-centred Humanitarian Action: Evidence, Tools, and Lessons from Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Moldova, and Myanmar
Despite the challenges the humanitarian sector faces, accountability to affected persons, localisation, and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus offer opportunities for a more inclusive, people-centred humanitarian system. Children often constitute the largest number of affected people in...
Take our Survey! What impact are funding cuts having on children?
Take 5 minutes to share what you’re seeing! We are gathering data on how recent funding cuts are affecting children worldwide. We need your insights to help us: Identify key areas of impact Advocate for urgent funding and policy solutions Support practitioners working in crisis settings The survey...
Webinar | Partnering with the Alliance: A Call to Academic Institutions for Collaboration
As a global network of operational agencies, policymakers, donors, and practitioners dedicated to advancing inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in humanitarian contexts, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action recognises the immense value of partnering with...
Bank of Key Advocacy Messages for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Children have the right to be protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence, enabling them to develop to their full potential and thrive. This is true regardless of where children live, including in humanitarian crises contexts. Children, in all their diversity, have the right to...
Child Protection Case Management Actions for Sudden Programme Closures or Scale-down
The Child Protection Case Management Task Force (CMTF) of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action has developed guidance on exit strategies for child protection case management services, in response to the challenges posed by reduced funding for humanitarian child protection...
Responding to the Impact of Reduced Funding for CPHA Programming
In times of crises, ensuring the continuity and impact of child protection programming is essential. The Alliance has developed key resources to support advocacy efforts and case management in the face of funding constraints and sudden program changes. Survey on Funding Cuts – Your Input Matters We...
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...
Join the Alliance at HNPW 2025 – Register for Two Key Events!
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action invites you to join us at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) 2025. HNPW is one of the world’s largest humanitarian events, bringing together UN agencies, Member States, civil society, private sector actors, and academia from...
Project | Child Wellbeing Matters: Improving Case Management Practice Through Research
The aim of the Child Well-being Matters project was to fill a key gap in evidence by conducting an evaluation of the case management intervention in different countries. More than one in six of the world's children lived in areas affected by armed conflicts in 2024. During a crisis, children are at...
Webinar | Child Well-being Matters: Global Dissemination of Study Findings
To learn about this study, find the Research Brief here . Child protection case management is a critical response service for children facing family separation, neglect, abuse, violence, or exploitation, particularly in humanitarian contexts. Despite advancements in the sector over the past decade...
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...
Polish | Minimalne standardy ochrony dzieci w działaniach humanitarnych
Minimalne standardy ochrony dzieci w akcjach humanitarnych (CPMS) stały się jednym z kluczowych zasobów dla pracowników organizacji humanitarnych od czasu ich wprowadzenia w 2012 roku. CPMS zostały opracowane w celu wspierania ochrony dzieci w środowiskach humanitarnych poprzez: Ustanowienie...
The CPMS is Now Available in Polish and more!
The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) are now available in Polish and more, expanding access to critical guidance for child protection practitioners worldwide. The CPMS sets out essential principles and best practices to protect children in emergencies, providing a...
Postponed - Global and Regional Launches | The Revised Primary Prevention Framework for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to inform you that the upcoming webinar series to launch the Revised Primary Prevention Framework, originally scheduled from 29th January to 19th February, will be postponed until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you...
Background Paper | Protection of Children from the Ground Up: Enhancing Localised Approaches in Conflict and Crises
Now available in Arabic, French, and Spanish! This paper aims to support the upcoming discussions during the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Based upon over 225 responses to the Annual Meeting Theme Survey, this year’s theme focuses on localised approaches to child...
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...
Now Open! CPMS Self-Assessment Exercise 2025
The CPMS are the backbone of the humanitarian child protection sector, and we at the Alliance are its custodians. The standards are designed to help us improve the quality of our programming and accountability for our actions. *Deadline updated! Between January 20 and March 9 2025, all Alliance...
Webinar | Piloting the Primary Prevention Framework: Overall Reflections and Lessons Learned
The Prevention Initiative of the Alliance and PLAN International are pleased to invite you to the last webinar on lessons learned from the Primary Prevention Framework pilots in South Sudan and Niger. We will together discuss and reflect on the main challenges, solutions and overarching lessons from...
Closed - Call for Abstracts for the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
*Special Notice: We have extended the deadline for all abstract submissions to Tuesday, 11th February. We still encourage colleagues to submit abstracts for the 2025 Annual Meeting, even if you are uncertain about potential changes in project scope or funding. The Alliance for Child Protection in...
Report | Learning Needs Analysis on the Intersectionality of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Climate Crisis
Child Protection, the Climate Crisis, and Climate Justice together are highlighted in the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action 2021-2025 Strategy as an essential overlapping area demanding exploration and learning. In that pursuit, the Learning and Development (L&D) Working Group of...