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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...
Deadline Extended! Complete the Survey on Capacities & Learning Needs in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action!
Reminder to participate in the joint survey on Capacities & Learning Needs in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action! Deadline extended to 9th August 2024. Your feedback is extremely important to help us identify capacity; learning and development needs; gaps in the availability and accessibility...
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...
Project Update from the Accountability to Children Initiative
This update, from the Accountability to Children Initiative on the Inclusive and Accountable: Participatory Accountability Mechanisms for Children and Accessible Humanitarian Action for Adolescent Girls with Intellectual Disabilities in Burkina Faso and Ethiopias project, is intended to be a live...
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...
Call for Pilot Sites! Using the CPMS as a Tool of Accountability to Children
The CPMS provide a benchmark for us, as child protection actors in humanitarian settings, to improve the quality and accountability of our programming and increase our impact by establishing agreed principles and goals. How can we become more accountable to those we serve - children? The CPMS...
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...
Express your Interest to Attend the 2024 Annual Meeting - Now Closed
Thank you to everyone who expressed their interest to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting! The organising team will be in touch with you by early April regarding your acceptance. If you have further questions about your submission, please contact us at annualmeeting2024@alliancecpha.org. For colleagues...
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...
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...
Plan USA, on behalf of the Alliance, is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic professional with a focus on primary preventative approaches to child protection. The Alliance launched its Prevention Initiative in 2020 and subsequently formed an advisory group to guide this work. Prevention also...
Submit an Abstract for the 2024 Annual Meeting - CLOSED
If you are submitting an Abstract for the Annual Meeting, please ensure all identified presenters and/or speakers ALSO fill out this Expression of Interest Form! The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is organising the 2024 Annual Meeting on Child Protection in Humanitarian Action...
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...
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...
Please complete this quick survey to share your ideas for the theme of the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action! The survey is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024_AM_theme Below are some examples of...
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...
Survey to Inform the Inter-Agency Guidelines for Case Management & Child Protection
Please note this survey is now closed. Take part in this Alliance Survey to update the 2014 Child Protection and Case Management Guidelines! WHY: The primary objectives of this survey are as follows: Identify valuable components that have been very useful Highlight areas to strengthen and to reduce...