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The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action ("The Alliance") envisions a world in which children are protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence in humanitarian settings. Its mission is to support the efforts of humanitarian actors to achieve high-quality and effective child protection interventions in both refugee and non-refugee humanitarian contexts. 

This monthly newsletter helps achieve that mission by highlighting the latest initiatives, events, and resources in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Like what you see? Sign up to have it delivered directly to your inbox. For past newsletters, click here.


Updates from Working Groups and Task Forces

The Cash Transfer and Child Protection Task Force (CTCP TF) of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is pleased to announce the launch of Cash Transfer Programming and Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: Review and...
 
The Cash Transfer and Child Protection Task Force held a webinar on Tuesday, 16 Apr 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 (EST, New York), to discuss the newly released report, “Cash Transfer Programming and Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: Review and...
 
The CBCP TF invites you to join a webinar on Thursday, 4 Apr 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (UTC+01:00) London, to discuss a “Community-Led Child Protection” toolkit developed by Professor Mike Wessells of Child Resilience Alliance and Patrick Onyango Mangen...
 
In March 2019, Simon Hills became the new ILO co-lead of the Child Labour task force. Simon has been based in Geneva as the ILO Technical Specialist in Fundamentals and Principle Rights at Work (FPRW) in Europe, Arab States and in Fragile Situations...
On 6-8 March 2019, the Alliance and RedR Australia teamed up to deliver a Child Protection in Emergencies training at their Melbourne Head Office. Natalie McCauley, the Alliance Learning & Development Working Group Focal Point, served as lead...

Upcoming Events

Learn about unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children This course is about the care and protection of unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children who are moving across and between countries. This course will provide an...
 
This course explores key issues in the development and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support interventions with populations affected by humanitarian crises, such as natural disasters and armed conflicts. It discusses such questions as...
 
The course will consist of about 90 hours: sessions will be spread over 2 weeks, from Monday to Saturday for an average of 8 hours per day, in a residential fashion. The content will be divided into the following didactic modules: Epistemology,...

Other News

The CPIMS+ review is out! The review of the CPIMS+ was commissioned by the Inter-Agency CPIMS+ Steering Committee (CPIMS+ SC) in 2018. The review and subsequent reports, both full and summary versions, were carried out and developed by Roy Tjan, an...

Latest Resources

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As prevalence of cash transfer programming in humanitarian response has grown, so too has the recognition that the child protection sector must learn how to use case transfer programs to achieve better results for children. This report summarizes...
The full range of the impacts of terrorism and counter-terrorism on children cannot be addressed in a single report. In addition to the harms examined in the present report, terrorist groups may engage in trafficking, hostage-taking for ransom,...
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World Vision commissioned research by Child Frontiers International, 'No Choice', to better understand children associate with armed groups. Featuring primary and secondary research from Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic...
Within the global Church, a growing movement recognizes the importance of family in the life of every child and strives to ensure that children are cared for within families, rather than in institutions. Faith to Action created these three resources...
The Guidelines to Strengthen the Social Service Workforce for Child Protection 2019  (the Guidelines), developed in consultation with UNICEF Headquarters and regional offices and the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance (GSSWA), are informed by...