A Closer Look: February 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 Feb 2021 edition summarizes Alliance efforts to protect children and equip child protection actors in humanitarian settings.

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Updates from Working Groups and Task Forces

Updates from the CAAFAG Task Force

29 Jan 2021

The Children Affected by Armed Forces and Armed Groups Task force has been hard at work with the launch of The Technical Note on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups, now available in English, French and Spanish and Arabic. Find the recording of the launch event here! The CAAFAG Task Force has also organized two webinars on the Technical Note on Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups, in both French and English.

New Resources from the AME Working Group

05 Feb 2021

In exciting news, the AME Working Group is busy finalizing the Child Well-Being Measurement Framework and Contextualization Guide and Training Package. This Guide presents the global definition of child well-being and the measurement framework as well as the contextualization process.

Newly Updated and Expanded! Free Introductory E-Course on the 2019 CPMS

05 Feb 2021

Please spread the word about the free, introductory e-course on the 2019 Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action! This self-paced, online course (currently in English) has been newly updated and expanded, including important new learning modules on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Physical and Emotional Maltreatment. Empower more people around the world to learn how the CPMS can help guide their work! Please share these e-course posts on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Updates from the L&D Working Group

05 Feb 2021

The L&D Working Group is organizing a webinar series on Child Protection Capacity Building Adaptations during COVID-19. Each webinar will present practical approaches and recommendations on how to adapt capacity building activities and deliver them remotely, based on the real life experience of colleagues from across the CPHA sector.

Latest Resources

COVID-19 Synthesis | Evidence Briefs

11 Jun 2020

Update The latest evidence synthesis analyzes the primary and secondary impacts of the pandemic on children who are refugees, IDPs and/or migrants and highlights important protective factors and emerging response measures identified in a review of recent news media, project reporting, academic research and other relevant resources mapped over the previous five-month period.

Guidance | Children, Isolation and Quarantine: Preventing Family Separation and Other Child Protection Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

10 Jun 2020

Drafted in collaboration with WHO, this UNICEF document on “Children, Isolation and Quarantine: Preventing Family Separation and Other Child Protection Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic” aims at assisting Child Protection and Health actors to preserve family unity as the pandemic continues, in line with recommended infection prevention and control measures for the COVID-19 disease.

The Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting Moments Report

16 Nov 2020

Did you miss out on the Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting on Infectious Disease Outbreaks and the Protection of Children? No need to worry - you can follow-along just as if you were at the 2020 Annual Meeting by browsing through The Alliance 2020 Annual Meeting Twitter Account! Or, find all about the 2020 Annual Meeting by taking a look at our 2020 Annual Meeting Moments Report and Annual Meeting Report Summary!

Upcoming Webinars

Interactive Learning Webinar | Connecting Child Protection, Social Protection and Humanitarian Cash – Working Together to Protect Children from the Effects of COVID-19 and Beyond

18 Feb 2021

Register via this LINK. The benefits of social protection and humanitarian actors working together in different ways across the “nexus” is well-recognised. In order to address the wide range of needs (in the last year, often pandemic-related), and particularly those of a socio-economic nature, the use of cash has been the response of choice for governments expanding their social protection systems as well as for humanitarian actors in a range of sectors, including child protection.

Webinar | Child Protection Capacity-Building Adaptation in MENA During COVID-19 (Arabic version)

18 Feb 2021

Register via this Zoom link. Please find the Arabic Webinar Flyer attached below. This webinar is a part of the Alliance L&D Working Group webinar series on Child Protection Capacity Building Adaptations during COVID-19. Each webinar will present practical approaches and recommendations on how to adapt capacity building activities and deliver them remotely, based on the real life experience of colleagues from across the CPHA sector.

Webinar | Child Protection Remote Capacity-Building Adaptations for Global Audiences (English language with Spanish simultaneous translation)

26 Feb 2021

Register via this Zoom link. This webinar is part of the Alliance L&D Working Group webinar series on Child Protection Capacity Building Adaptations during COVID-19. Each webinar will present practical approaches and recommendations on how to adapt capacity building activities and deliver them remotely, based on the real life experience of colleagues from across the CPHA sector.

Webinar | Child Protection Remote Capacity-Building Adaptations (French version)

05 Mar 2021

New Trainings and E-Learnings

eCourse | Updated! eCourse on the 2019 Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)

19 Jan 2021

Welcome to the Alliance’s core training on the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS). To enrol, CLICK HERE! This introductory e-course is for anyone currently working with and for children in humanitarian settings, as well as all child protection workers who want to prepare themselves for a potential humanitarian crisis.

RSH E-Learning Training Series | Safeguarding Matters

05 Feb 2021

The Resource and Support Hub (RSH) has developed a series of five online training modules called Safeguarding Matters, that are free and accessible. The modules tell the story of a fictional civil society organisation called Family Health Frontiers (FHF). Over the five modules, learners join the FHF team as they seek to become a safer organisation and navigate safeguarding challenges. The RSH is pleased to announce that Module 1 is out now in English!