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Child Protection Systems

Around the world, Save the Children works with governments, local authorities, communities and children to establish and strengthen child protection systems that prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against girls and boys in all contexts.

National and community based child protection systems provide the basic ‘infrastructure’ to address child protection issues. Community based child protection involves mobilizing key resources within communities to identify protection risks, understand and address the drivers of those risks, including harmful social norms, and engage relevant community actors in providing first line support, detection and referral when children are at risk or have been harmed.  A formal child protection system includes legislative and policy frameworks to protect children, having a skilled and qualified workforce to respond to child protection issues and having effective approaches at the community level to ensure that girls and boys are protected.

By strengthening systems, we ensure approaches are sustainable and will have a long-term impact, allowing all children to be protected, no matter what issues they face.

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    "Adapting to learn, learning to adapt": Overview of and considerations for child protection systems strengthening in emergencies

    Systems strengthening is becoming a dominant paradigm for many child protection actors. This document provides guidance to all actors working in the international humanitarian community about strengthening child protection systems through emergency prepar

    Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

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    Review of Save the Children Norway's Support to Programmes for Child Protection System Strengthening: Evaluation

    This report presents a review of the key results achieved through Save the Children Norway’s programming to strengthen the national child protection system in eight countries: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicara

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Save the Children Norway | Child Frontiers Ltd. Author(s): Krueger, Alexander | Quigley, Padraig

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    National Child Protection Systems in the East Asia and Pacific Region: A review and analysis of mappings and assessments

    This report presents the findings of a mappings and assessments review of child protection systems in 14 countries. The principal purpose of the study was to consolidate existing information on the shared strengths, challenges and priorities for developin

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Child Frontiers Ltd. | ECPAT International Author(s): Thompstone, Guy | Crispin, Vimala | Tassone, Carmela | Casey, Shelley

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    Inter Agency Guidelines for Case Management and Child Protection

    Case management is complex in any setting; it is even more complicated in a humanitarian context where risk, injuries, and violence are amplified. These guidelines have been developed at an inter-agency level through the Child Protection Working Group to

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): CPWG, The Child Protection Working Group

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    A Better Way to Protect ALL Children: The Theory and Practice of Child Protection Systems. Conference Report, UNICEF 2013

    Report  of the ‘A Better Way to Protect ALL Children: The theory and practice of child protection systems’  conference held in New Delhi in November 2012, prepared to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and to stimulate discussion about child protection

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund | ...

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    United Nations Children’s Fund, Measuring and Monitoring Child Protection Systems:Proposed Core Indicators for the East Asia and Pacific Region, Strengthening Child Protection Series No. 3., UNICEF EAPRO, Bangkok, 2012.

    The third publication Measuring and Monitoring Child Protection Systems—Proposed Regional Core Indicators for East Asia and the Pacific in the UNICEF series Strengthening Child Protection Systems, proposes a framework of core indicators for measuring and

    Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Joshua, Laurie | Maynzyuk, Kateryna | Dzhygyr, Yuriy

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    Strengthening National Child Protection Systems in Emergencies Through Community-based Mechanisms: A discussion paper

    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

    Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK Author(s): Eynon, Alyson | Lilley, Sarah

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    David's Story: The role of national child protection systems

    The story of David was created to demonstrate how national child protection systems can prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children. It is a short fictitious story that illustrates the situations of many children around the world. Unfort

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Kates, Catherine | Cecchetti, Roberta | Karlsson, Lena

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    Evaluation of Save the Children’s Child Protection Interventions in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Solomon Islands and Their Appropriateness to System Strengthening

    The purpose of this evaluation exercise was to understand how Save the Children Australia programming has influenced child protection system strengthening at various levels (community, subnational, national) in three countries: Cambodia, Lao People’s Demo

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Child Frontiers Ltd. | Save the Children Australia Author(s): Krueger, Alexander

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    Child Sensitive Social Protection in South Asia

    Save the Children´s Child Sensitive Social Protection Programme (CSSP) in South Asia is gaining increased recognition globally as a key strategy to reduce child poverty and inequality. This film shows examples of how CSSP can be implemented in practice.

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Save the Children Finland

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    We Can All Be Refugees

    This animated movie illustrates child protection systems for all children in Lebanon, Jordan, and other countries in the MENA Region by highlighting the situation of refugee children.

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Save the Children

  12. I Support My Friends: A training for children and adolescents on how to support a friend in distress

    “I Support My Friends” builds on the principles of Psychological First Aid to equip older children and adolescents with the skills and knowledge to support their friends in distress, under the mentorship and guidance of trusted adults. The four-part resou

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund | Save the Children | ... Author(s): Hanson, Pernille | Tengnäs, Karin

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