Child Sensitive Social Protection: Addressing child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Child Sensitive Social Protection is an initiative that Save the Children and The Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP) want to advance in Sub-Saharan Africa with the aim to reduce vulnerability and poverty among children by ensuring that social protection measures lead to meaningful investment in children. This paper is an effort to build a common understanding on what is Child Sensitive Social Protection (CSSP) and why is it needed.