Protection of Children from the Ground Up: Enhancing Localised Approaches in Conflict and Crises (2025)

This paper aims to support the upcoming discussions during the 2025 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Based upon over 225 responses to the Annual Meeting Theme Survey, this year’s theme focuses on localised approaches to child protection in conflict and crises: 1) Strengthening context-relevant and community-owned child protection; 2) Strengthening local systems and actors, including leadership and 3) Child and community engagement in project cycles to facilitate accountability.