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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Advocacy Brief | Prioritizing the Safety of Children Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has prompted widespread school closures and physical distancing measures, making online platforms and communities essential to maintaining a sense of normalcy. While children and their families are turning to digital solutions more than ever to support children’s learning, socialization and...
Weighing up the Risks: School Closure and Re-opening under COVID-19
In Weighing up the risks: School closure and reopening under COVID-19 — When, Why, and What Impacts?, the Alliance and INEE have developed a balanced analysis to inform decisions based on holistic child-wellbeing as to when and why to re-open schools. This paper is meant to help decision makers...
Case Management Global Forms
The Global Case Management Forms are a package of forms developed to facilitate standardized data collection processes that enable program staff to aggregate (or disaggregate) data to track trends. The forms promote standardized methods of information gathering in a particular context that will...Technical Note BRIEF | Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic v.2
The Alliance is excited to present this Technical Note BRIEF to give child protection actors an overview - including key questions and considerations - of version 2 of the Technical Note on Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The aim of the Technical Note was to support child...A Review of Child Protection Caseworkers Recruitment and Capacity-building in Humanitarian Settings
Child protection case management in humanitarian settings requires caseworkers with the knowledge and skills to support vulnerable children and families during distressing events and in environments with limited services. In acknowledgement of those challenges, this review was conducted to provide...COVID-19 Synthesis | Evidence Briefs
Overview: The COVID-19 Synthesis series is a periodic digest of COVID-19 related resources (guidance, news, and academic articles), with the purpose to identify emerging child protection risks, responses, and apparent resource gaps. Each synthesis analyses a different topic related to child...
Guidance | Children, Isolation and Quarantine: Preventing Family Separation and Other Child Protection Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Drafted in collaboration with WHO, this UNICEF document on “Children, Isolation and Quarantine: Preventing Family Separation and Other Child Protection Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic” aims at assisting Child Protection and Health actors to preserve family unity as the pandemic continues...
Technical Note: Adaptation of Child Protection Case Management to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Version 3
Child Protection Case Management (CP CM) is part of the essential services that cannot be stopped suddenly, but which requires adaptation to the new emergency. This technical note builds on existing response action from several countries and case management task force agencies. It provides...
Technical Note: Adaptation of Child Protection Case Management to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Version 3
Child Protection Case Management (CP CM) is part of the essential services that cannot be stopped suddenly, but which requires adaptation to the new emergency. This technical note builds on existing response action from several countries and case management task force agencies. It provides...
Technical Note: Child Helplines and the Protection of Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic
As a response to the COVID-19 crisis, child protection actors and service providers are exploring how they can continue to provide support to children, families and communities remotely through the use of technology. This includes child helplines, which, over the last decade, have become...
Technical Note: Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic (v.2)
The Alliance has now produced a version 2 of the technical note on the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim of this brief: To support child protection practitioners and policy makers in putting the child’s safety and well-being at the centre of their COVID-19 pandemic response...
Key Messages and Considerations for Programming for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups During the COVID-19 Pandemic, v.1
Every day a child remains with an armed force or group, he or she is at risk of physical, psychological and sexual violence, and even death. Prevention of recruitment; separating children from armed forces and groups; responding to their needs; and supporting the reintegration process are all life...
Working with Communities to Keep Children Safe, v.1.1
Infectious diseases like COVID-19 can disrupt the protective environments in which children grow and develop. Disruptions to families, friendships, daily routines and the wider community can have negative consequences for children’s well-being, development and protection. COVID-19 also has a direct...
WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE, V.1.1
Infectious diseases like COVID-19 can disrupt the protective environments in which children grow and develop. Disruptions to families, friendships, daily routines and the wider community can have negative consequences for children’s well-being, development and protection. COVID-19 also has a direct...
Technical Note: COVID-19 and Child Labour
Worldwide, an estimated 152 million children are in child labour, almost half of them, 73 million, work in hazardous child labour. The global health crisis is leading to mass disruption with far-reaching consequences. Many children are out of school and economic pressures on families continue to...
COVID-19: Protecting Children from Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the Home
It is abundantly clear that risk factors for violence, abuse, and neglect are on the rise for children under containment. At the same time, some COVID-19 prevention measures have abruptly cut children off from positive and supportive relationships they rely on when in distress, including at school...2019 CPMS & COVID-19 Brief
The 2019 Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action provide critical actions to keep children safe and support children and families’ well-being in infectious disease settings like the current COVID-19 pandemic. This brief answers key questions such as: What parts of the 2019 CPMS...
Social Service Workforce Safety and Wellness during the COVID-19 Response: Recommended Actions
A well-supported, appropriately equipped, empowered, and protected social service workforce is essential to mitigating the damaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social service workers can build on their existing strong ties to children, families, and communities to rapidly respond in ways that...2019 Annual Meeting Report: The Humanitarian-Development Nexus and the Launch of the 2019 Edition of the CPMS
The 2019 Annual Meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland, and brought nearly 150 participants from around the world. The "Humanitarian-Development Nexus" focused the presentations around the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats actors face when working within the nexus. Some common...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...
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...
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...