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Child protection in emergencies

Child protection in emergencies is based upon the prevention of and response to abuse, neglect, exploitation of and violence against children in emergencies. An emergency is defined as ‘a situation where lives, physical and mental wellbeing, or development opportunities for children are threatened as a result of armed conflict, disaster or the breakdown of social or legal order, and where local capacity to cope is exceeded or inadequate’. This area includes sexual violence against children in emergencies, children associated with armed forces or armed groups, and family separation.

CPMS Video Series: Mainstreaming Standards 19-26

Standards 19-26 of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) focus on mainstreaming of children’s protection in all humanitarian action. Mainstreaming child protection in humanitarian actions means for all humanitarian actor

Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme Case Study: Patrick

This document is a case study of a participant in the Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme. Lawrence, working for Plan International, has participated in the CPiE Profeessional Development Programme and his manager, Patrick,

Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children
Humanitarian Capacity Building: Key Messages

There are many dynamics that need to be considered by humanitarian workers when assisting vulnerable groups, below are descriptions of videos that introduce viewers to a wide range of these issues. Humanitarian Burnout: Working in emergencies is both rewa

Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children
Childhood Under Attack: The staggering impact of South Sudan's crisis on children

Children, who account for nearly half of South Sudan's population of 11 million, bear the highest cost of violence. Growing up in an environment of conflict and economic crisis, children face death, harm, starvation, disease, military recruitment, displac

Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund
Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme Case Study: Hoa

This document is a case study of a participant in the Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme. Hoa shares his experiences and learning from the training programme. Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Program

Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children
Influencing in Emergencies: A joint after action review

Nearly two years since typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, advocacy teams from ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision take a step back to evaluate their respective advocacy engagements. This report puts together w

Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Oxfam International | Save the Children | ActionAid | ... Author(s): Camua, Hanibal | Inarra, Camila | Buenaventura, Valerie
Information and Communication Technology for Child Protection Case Management in Emergencies: An overview of the existing evidence base

Organisations working to protect the health and wellbeing of children in emergencies are moving away from traditional paper-based systems towards more sophisticated and innovative digitally-based systems. Formative research was conducted to identify the s

Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Elsevier Ltd. Author(s): Kaonga, Nadi N. | Batavia, Hima | Philbrick, William C. | Mechael, Patricia N.
Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme Residential Report

From the 14th to the 19th of November 2016, 19 people from 7 countries in South-East and East Asia participated in the Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme’s residential training phase, which was held in Manila, Philippines.

Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children
Child Protection in Emergencies Capacity Gap Analysis South East & East Asia

The Capacity Gap Analysis process described and presented in this report was designed to inform the content and structure of the South East and East Asia Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) Professional Development Programme currently being developed u

Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Giannini, Elena | Uprichard, Hanah
Child Centred Community Resilience: Final evaluation of the Bangladesh Child Resilience Project

Save the Children International (SCI) has been working in Bangladesh over the past three years, supporting girls and boys, their families, schools and local communities in 36 rural and urban communities to build their capabilities to adapt, prepare, and r

Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden Author(s): Sterrett, Charlotte L.
Save the Children's Child Protection Video

The Child Protection Initiative has produced an animated video that communicates Save the Children's child protection work and the impact on children's lives as seen by children. "Violence against children is no longer tolerated" is the new Global Breakth

Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Save the Children
A Matter of Life and Death: Child protection programming's essential role in ensuring child wellbeing and survival during and after emergencies

The majority of those affected by humanitarian emergencies are children. In times of crisis, children face increased risk of all forms of violence and exploitation. Emergencies both exacerbate pre-existing protection concerns and create new ones. Child pr

Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): CPWG, The Child Protection Working Group Author(s): Thompson, Hannah