The Unprotected Series
A flagship collection of reports examining trends in humanitarian funding for child protection, highlighting critical gaps, evolving risks, and the implications for children affected by crises.
The Unprotected: The Impact of Humanitarian Crises on Children and their Protection in 2025–2026 provides an overview of the escalating risks facing children amid conflict, displacement, climate-related disasters, and a rapidly changing humanitarian landscape. As humanitarian needs continue to rise...
The report, Unprotected: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in 2023, in collaboration with the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, UNHCR, and Save the Children, provides an in-depth analysis of the severe funding gaps that continue to impact child protection...
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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.
In 2023...
The impact of armed conflict on children is one of the most pressing humanitarian concerns today. A strong humanitarian child protection response is critical to protect children and promote their rights, dignity, and resilience. This requires sustainable, flexible, multi-year funding for child...
All children have a fundamental right to protection, but the needs of children in emergencies are far from being met. In 2018, almost 50 million children were in need of protection in humanitarian settings. Yet child protection isn’t systematically prioritised when a humanitarian response is being...
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...
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...
Report | The Unprotected: Annual Spotlight on Child Protection Funding in Humanitarian Action – 2021
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Children make up 50% of those affected in humanitarian crises and are disproportionately impacted by conflict and crisis. Throughout 2020 and 2021, COVID-19, conflict and climate change have been impacting children at unprecedented...
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