2018 was marked by the development of the first 2018-2020 Alliance Strategic Plan and 2018-2020 Alliance Work Plan. The key objectives in these documents were developed after extensive consultation with the CPHA community and provide the Alliance...

A Closer Look: The February 2019 Alliance Newsletter
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.
From the Coordinators

01 Jan 2019

05 Jan 2019
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (Alliance) and the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) are committed to supporting practitioners in improving the quality of collaborative programming between the two...

31 Jan 2019
Child Protection Practitioners and Social Media: A powerful combination for advocacy, learning and networking Social media can admittedly be overused--How many people's breakfasts do you really want to see online before you eat your own? When used...
Updates from Working Groups and Task Forces
12 Feb 2019
As part of the launch of the report on Child Neglect in Humanitarian Settings, the Alliance provided a webinar, composed of a pre-recorded presentation video and a live Q&A to better support practitioners to engage with the report. In the pre-...

01 Jan 2019
Safe Spaces for children, including Child Friendly Spaces (CFS), are interventions used by humanitarian agencies to increase children’s access to safe environments and promote their psychosocial well-being. Some Safe Spaces may focus on informal...
31 Jan 2019
The Alliance's Community Based Child Protection Task Force (CBCP TF) is pleased to announce progress on two important pieces of guidance: Standard 17 of the revised Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) and the Field...
Upcoming Events
This 5 day masterclass will provide a theoretical and practical guide to analysing and reforming child protection systems in high, middle and low-income countries. The tutors will be joined by leaders in child protection reform from Better Care...
Other News
30 Nov 2018
The Interagency Learning Initiative (ILI) on Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms (CBCPMs) and Systems met in Entebbe, Uganda on 13-15 November 2018. The following Communiqué was created by the ILI to summarize the meeting. We came together...
Latest Resources

01 Jan 2018
This study guide is a companion to Child Neglect in Humanitarian Settings: Literature Review and Recommendations for Strengthening Prevention and Response, which synthesises evidence on the prevalence, patterns and impacts of child neglect in...
01 Jan 2018
Verbal communication is one of the core ways International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) work with children, their families, community members, government officials, and other professionals and volunteers that protect children in...
06 Dec 2018
Following a high-level conference on implementing the prohibition of corporal punishment held between 15-16 November in Stockholm, Sweden, the Non-Violent Childhoods program has released a set of technical guidance reports promoting the positive and...
11 Dec 2018
UNICEF Innocenti has produced two podcasts that take a deeper look at research on the themes of migration and gender-based violence and their impacts on children. In The Role of Research on Migration: Insights on Migrants’ Experiences, migration...
12 Dec 2018
Studies have consistently shown that orphanage care often exposes children to serious harm, neglect and abuse, can seriously impact a child’s physical and psychological development, and is often much more expensive than family or community-based...
06 Dec 2018
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is delighted to present Girl Shine--a program model and resource package that seeks to support, protect, and empower adolescent girls in humanitarian settings. Girl Shine has been designed to help contribute...
04 Dec 2018
Thousands of unaccompanied and separated children are at daily risk of sexual and gender-based violence along the world’s migratory trails, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warns in a new report, Alone and...