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Following thousands of comments and responses posted by the 8,000 course participants for the MOOC on COVID-19: Adapting Child Protection Case Management, as well as research and evidence being issued by child protection agencies, the Taskforce identified the need to plan for support for children for the evolving situation and in particular post-pandemic scenario.
To this end, three…
In this webinar, The Alliance for Child Protection and Humanitarian Action hosts a discussion on Version 2 of the Technical Note for the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar begins with an overview of Version 2 from Audrey Bollier and Hani Mansourian. Followed by a roundtable discussion facilitated by Judi Fairholm, which includes perspectives from…
In this webinar, Audrey Bollier and the Community-level Child Protection Task Force host a discussion on working with communities to keep children safe in times of COVID-19. Michelle Van Akin begins the discussion with a detailed overview of the guidance note and how the guidance was informed. Caroline Veldhuizen, Lucy Hillier, and Rinske Ellermeijer then present on the four key messages within the guidance to supporting child protection actors working with communities to adapt their programming. The discussion continues with three field examples from Bangladesh, Lebanon, and Mexico, where…
In this webinar hosted by Better Care Network and the Consortium for Street Children, speakers from three NGOs (Safe Society India, JUCONI in Mexico, and Railway Children in Tanzania) presented on and discussed the care implications of COVID-19 and responses to the pandemic on street-affected children, including family reunification, the role informal care has played and how governments have been addressing street-connected children's needs.
In this webinar, Zeinab and the Case Management Task Force hosts a discussion on adapting child protection case management in the context of COVID-19. The webinar begins with front-line field examples from Lebanon, South Sudan, and Bangladesh, where Rita, Thomas, and Maya share their adaptations to CP case management with a question and answer period. The second half of the webinar gives a detailed overview of the Technical Note on Case Management, followed by question and answer period.
For young children and families living in humanitarian settings, the COVID-19 pandemic represents a new crisis layered onto existing crises, compounding and exacerbating threats to healthy development in some of the world’s most challenging settings.
With the aims of highlighting the key issues, innovative programming adaptations, and research considerations, the Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies (INEE), the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) and the Moving Minds Alliance (MMA) jointly hosted this webinar focused on Early Childhood Development in…
On 13 May, nearly 1,000 individuals joined a webinar on tackling violence against children amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar, which was hosted by the End Violence Partnership and the Office of the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children (SRSG VAC), brought together partners from over 130 countries around the world. At the event, participants were given a chance to hear about and discuss local, national and global perspectives of and responses to the COVID-19 crisis.
Throughout the webinar, global experts touched on:
- The…
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and UNICEF facilitated this webinar to discuss the guidance in the Technical Note on COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty and some of the successes and challenges in protecting the rights of children in detention during the pandemic. The webinar includes a short presentation on the Technical Note, children’s rights and…
This webinar examines the technical note on protecting children from violence, abuse, and neglect in the home as countries implement lockdowns and stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of COVID-19. Protective prevention and response strategies are outlined with the goal of strengthening the protection of children in all types of homes…
Evidence from previous infectious disease outbreaks indicates that existing child protection risks are exacerbated, and new ones emerge, as a result of the epidemic as well as of the socioeconomic impacts of prevention and control measures. Some children are at increased risk in these circumstances, especially those without parental/family care, those at risk of separation from family, those in alternative care, and those who have recently left alternative care.
The aim of this webinar was to elaborate on the …