2019 Annual Report: The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
2019 was marked by the launch of the 2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) at the Annual Meeting in Geneva. This new edition integrates field experience and new learning to create a stronger link between child protection and other sector actors...
A Reflective Field Guide: Community-level Approaches to Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Community-level Approaches to Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Reflective Field Guide aims to contribute to fostering more authentic community engagement in humanitarian child protection action. It Community-level Approaches Guide encourages honest reflection and discussion about current...
Capacity-Building Package | Strengthening Community-level Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Strengthening Community-level Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Capacity-building Package is intended to help practitioners adapt more community-driven approaches into their current programming, plan new programs with higher levels of community involvement, and build capacity in the...
Webinar | Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care
You can access the webinar recording here. Please see below for the webinar powerpoints. - You are invited to a webinar on children and alternative care during the COVID-19 pandemic. When: Apr 24, 2020 9:00 a.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. CET / 04:00 p.m. Nairobi Evidence from previous infectious disease...
Advocacy Messages for Child Protection Actors: Prioritizing Child Protection in COVID-19 Response Plans
Emergency responses to COVID-19 are intended to speed containment of the virus but can have devastating consequences for children if they ignore unique risks to their safety and fail to include specific child protection provisions. Protecting children from violence and exploitation can be life...
Webinar | Introduction to the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in Latin America (Spanish Edition)
Recursos El vídeo Introducción a las Normas Mínimas para la Protección de la Niñez y Adolescencia en la Acción Humanitaria en Latinoamérica 2019 NMPNA y COVID-19 - Webinar Lanzamiento NMPNA en el marco de la emergencia por COVID-19 Únase a nosotros para una exploración de 90 minutos sobre las Normas...
Webinar | Adapting Child Protection Case Management to the COVID-19 Context
To watch the webinar recording, click here. -- Child Protection Case Management (CP CM) is part of the essential services that cannot be stopped suddenly and requires gradual adaptation to the new COVID-19 public health emergency (see CPMS Standard 18 on Case Management). With many schools and...
Webinar | COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty
To watch the webinar recording, click here. -- Following the release of the Technical Note on COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty , the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and UNICEF will be facilitating a webinar to discuss the guidance and some of the successes and...
Webinar | Multi-Purpose Cash Transfer and Child Protection: A Case Study (English and Spanish Editions)
The link to the English recording is here. For the Spanish version, click here. - The global Cash and Child Protection Task Force is pleased to announce a webinar (English/Spanish) to present a case study from Save the Children’s multi-purpose cash transfer ‘Plus’ program in response to the influx...
2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)
The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) have become one of the key resources for humanitarian workers since its launch in 2012. The CPMS have been developed to support child protection work in humanitarian settings by: Establishing common principles between those...
Case management (CM) is an approach for addressing the needs of an individual child who is at risk of harm or has been harmed. The child and their family are supported by a caseworker in a systematic and timely manner through direct support and referrals. CM provides individualised, coordinated...
Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care
Evidence from previous infectious disease outbreaks indicate that existing child protection risks are exacerbated, and new ones emerge, as a result of the epidemic as well as of the socioeconomic impacts of prevention and control measures. Some children are at increased risk in these circumstances...
Webinar | Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic (French Edition)
Lien menant à l'enregistrement du webinaire : https://youtu.be/COkaOLcIH0Q - La récente propagation du virus COVID-19 a changé l’environnement dans lequel les enfants vivent. Les mesures de prévention et de contrôle, comme la fermeture des écoles (annoncées ou mises en œuvres dans 188 pays) viennent...
Technical Note: COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty
Experience from previous infectious disease outbreaks indicates that new child protection risks are likely to emerge from the direct effects of COVID-19 as well as from measures to prevent and control its spread. Moreover, existing child protection risks are likely to be exacerbated. Some groups of...
Webinar | Child Protection and COVID-19 (Including Refugee Populations)
Children in refugee contexts are at heightened risks of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the Alliance of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action with UNHCR will be hosting a webinar to explore the key considerations for adapting child...
Webinar | Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic
FINAL: The audio file can be found here. The summary of Q&As from the webinar is here and other CP-related resource hubs is listed here. UPDATE: We have uploaded the DRAFT and FINAL video recordings on the Alliance's YouTube channel. We have also uploaded a downloadable audio file on the Alliance's...
Technical Note Summary: Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic (v.1)
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance) has provided guidance for child protection (CP) practitioners on how to effectively respond to CP risks and complications amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This summary outlines the Alliance's assessment of the additional...
This checklist is developed for practitioners who are responsible for inter-agency coordination during preparedness, response and recovery phases of a humanitarian crisis. The actions listed in the checklist should be read in conjunction with the guidance provided in the toolkit section 2.1 on...
Webinar | What's New? The 2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)
This webinar - the first in a series to explore the 2019 edition of the CPMS - will introduce the 2019 edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS), now available on the Alliance's website: https://cpie.info/2019CPMS. Susanna Davies and Joanna Wedge, co-leads...
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...
Case Management Supervision and Coaching Lessons Learned Report
The Case Management Supervision and Coaching Lessons Learned Report in English and French documents the effects of the initiative on collaboration and coordination, contextualization and localization. It explores the effects on the capacities of trainers, supervisors and caseworkers. Finally, it...
Case Management Supervision and Coaching Lessons Learned Report: Summary
The purpose of the lessons learned consultancy was to gather and draft key lessons learned on the Case Management Supervision and Coaching initiative. Key questions that the Task Force wanted to address included feedback on the inter-agency country collaboration, the effectiveness of the...
This webinar is part of the Parenting and MHPSS Webinar Series, hosted by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action's Family Strengthening Task Force. The Responsible, Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative developed by the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown...
Summary - Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (2019 Edition)
This is the summary version of the first edition of the 2019 Edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) handbook. All of the principles and standards in the e-version of this summary are hyperlinked to the full handbook. If you would like to review each...
The Case Management Comptencies and Skills Framework can be used as a guide to recruit and build the capacity of caseworkers and supervisors. The framework ensures all staff have appropriate skills and competencies to carry out case management interventions in a safe and professional manner...