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Webinar | Prevention of Recruitment and Use of Children
The CAAFAG task force is pleased to invite you to a webinar on the Prevention of Recruitment and Use of Children on 25 May 2023 15.00 – 16.00 CET (Geneva). Interpretation will be provided in French, Spanish and Arabic. This webinar will focus on the prevention of recruitment and use of children in...
Agenda | 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Please find the Agenda for the 2023 Annual Meeting in English, French, Spanish and Arabic to give you a preview of the meeting! Please find the most up-to-date details regarding each session in Zoom Events under the “Sessions” tab. *Last update: 31 May
Participant Pack | 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Please find Participant Pack for the 2023 Annual Meeting in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. It is important you that Participants review this pack carefully and familiarise yourself with the Zoom Events platform before the meeting, The Participant pack provides all the information you need to...
The Centrality of Children and their Protection in Humanitarian Action - A Visual and Written Introduction
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action’s 2021-2025 Strategy centres around one goal: The CENTRALITY of CHILDREN and their PROTECTION is recognised and prioritised as ESSENTIAL and LIFE-SAVING across the humanitarian system. The Alliance, in collaboration with members, key...
The Evolution of the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Sector
Concern or disregard for vulnerable children in crisis situations is as old as humankind. How individuals, communities, and groups responded to the needs of vulnerable children and those in humanitarian contexts has varied throughout the past, based on beliefs, values, and behaviours at that time...
New Guidance Note! Qualitative Assessment Approaches for the Protection of Children with Disabilities Within Humanitarian Contexts
Children with disabilities are particularly vulnerable in humanitarian settings, yet they are often not able to access the services and protection they need. While multiple factors create these barriers, a major cause is how data about children with disabilities is collected and mapped. Data...
Guidance Note | Qualitative Assessment Approaches for the Protection of Children with Disabilities Within Humanitarian Contexts
Children with disabilities are particularly vulnerable in humanitarian settings, yet they are often not able to access the services and protection they need. While multiple factors create these barriers, a major cause is how data about children with disabilities is collected and mapped. Data...
Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action 2019 Edition equip humanitarians seeking to protect children effectively with the most comprehensive and up-to-date best practice so they can deliver professional programs.
Child Protection Case Management Training Package for Caseworkers in Humanitarian Settings
Watch the Virtual Launch of the CM Training Package here: https://youtu.be/JWXSJ53Zz30 The Case Management Task Force (CMTF) of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action recognized an opportunity to improve outcomes for children by updating the child protection case management...
New Resources in Turkish Available! Key CPHA Resources for the Türkiye & Syria Earthquake Response
The following resources support the provision of Child Protection, and the psychosocial support and wellbeing of children, caregivers and parents, and communities who have been affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. This list will be continually updated. Watch this short presentation by...
Webinar | Launch of Child Protection Case Management Training Package for Caseworkers
Find the training package here: https://alliancecpha.org/en/child-protection-case-management-training-p…
Report | From Evidence to Action: Centering Children's Voices during Infectious Disease Outbreak related School Closures and Reopenings
During 2021 and 2022, the Alliance and the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), commissioned Proteknôn Foundation for Innovation and Learning to conduct participatory research across three humanitarian settings—Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Colombia—to explore the...
Background Paper | Child Labour and Education in Humanitarian Settings
In humanitarian situations, the risks of children being out of school and engaging in child labour are both significantly elevated, particularly for displaced, refugee, and migrant children. Hence, while education is critical for the successful prevention of and response to child labour in...
Hot Off the Press! Background Paper on Child Labour and Education in Humanitarian Settings
The Alliance Child Labour Task Force and the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies is pleased to share the latest background paper on Child Labour and Education in Humanitarian Settings! This paper proposes various actions, which have been adapted from the “Inter-Agency Toolkit...
A Research Summary by and for Young People | Children during COVID-19 : How were they impacted by school closures and what we can learn for the future?
This summary was written by seventeen research and round table participants aged 12 to 17 years from Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Lebanon, Laura Lee (Proteknôn) and Bethel Lulie (Proteknôn), with support from Elspeth Chapman (The Alliance), Amanda Brydon (Save the Children...
Children & Young People during COVID-19: How were they impacted & what we can learn for the future?
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. In response, governments closed schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 1.6 billion learners across 169 countries were impacted by school closures and 1.3 billion learners had no internet connection at home...
Call for Applications! Online Training for Primary Prevention Focal Points
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, with support from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, is offering a learning opportunity on the Primary Prevention Framework. The course aims to prepare child protection focal points who intend to introduce and disseminate the Primary...
Joint Submission on General Comment 26 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Children’s Rights and the Environment with a Special Focus on Climate Change
This submission has been prepared by the Advocacy Working Group (AWG). Several AWG members formed a sub-group to discuss the forthcoming General Comment 26 on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change, from the perspective of child protection in humanitarian...
Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit | Cash and Voucher Assistance and Child Protection for Adolescents
The Cash and Voucher Assistance and Child Protection for Adolescents: A Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit is a resource for actors working in Monitoring and Evaluation, CVA (across sectors), child protection and adolescents programming. The toolkit is divided into two parts: Part 1 is comprised of...
CPHA Learner Profiles
What are Learner Profiles? Learner Profiles are fictional characters that we create to represent a stakeholder group. Specifically, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action's learner profiles consider the audience of the Alliance’s work, from the perspective of learning and...
CPMS Pillar 4: Standards to Work Across Sectors
Millions of children are facing increasingly complex humanitarian crises. Helping them cope and recover takes a wide range of support, including specialised child protection interventions. But no single sector has all of the knowledge, skills and resources to fully prevent risks, respond to children...
CPMS Standard 21: Food Security and Child Protection
The importance of collaboration between Child Protection and Food Security actors in humanitarian settings cannot be overestimated. For instance, jointly planned programs in the same locations can help mitigate the impact of food insecurity on children’s protection. This collaboration works both...
CPMS Standard 23: Education and Child Protection
Children are amongst the most vulnerable in humanitarian crises. Providing them with a safe passage to school and a protected place to receive an education is critical to their current and future well-being. In humanitarian settings, there are many links between Child Protection and Education...
Red Hand Day 2023
Today, 12th February is ‘Red Hand Day’, the international awareness day that aims to remind the international community to strengthen efforts to end the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts. Although efforts to stop children from being recruited and used by armed actors remain high in...