In a three-year collaboration, World Vision International and Columbia University, joined by UNICEF and Save the Children, sought to document the protective and restorative effectiveness of Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs), identify good practice in their des

The right support for local mechanisms – like child welfare groups and child protection committees – can strengthen national child protection systems. This report sets out what steps child protection practitioners and donors can take to support system str

This report presents the findings of a study on child protection financing in emergencies, commissioned by the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) of the Global Protection Cluster. The study was conducted by Save the Children. The report presents a pict

For several years there has been concern within the field of child protection that funding of emergency response work is signifi cantly lower than for other humanitarian sectors. In any emergency situation, children are particularly at risk of significant

Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar at an unprecedented scale on May 3 rd and 4 th 2008. Early Assessments indicated that approximately 132,793 children were affected by the cyclone and that the majority of the deaths occurring were women and children (60-70%). Th