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Le projet Évaluer la séparation dans les situations d'urgence est une initiative interinstitutions financée par le Bureau de l'USAID pour les secours d'urgence en cas de catastrophe à l'étranger (OFDA) et coordonnée par Save the Children, en partenariat avec l'université de Columbia et l'université Johns Hopkins. Il est en outre dirigé par un groupe consultatif interinstitutions comprenant des membres du Groupe de travail interinstitutions sur les enfants non accompagnés et séparés et de l'Équipe spéciale de mesure et d'estimation du Groupe de travail mondial sur la protection de l'enfant (…
The devastating consequences of HIV/AIDS on African societies, and its particular impact on children, is requiring every organisation involved in fighting the epidemic to find new strategies to address adequately both the scale of the problem and its duration. The crisis of children left behind by AIDS is a humanitarian, development and human rights challenge of unprecedented proportions.
Although there have been substantial gains in improving overall child survival, these gains are being eroded in African countries hardest hit by the epidemic. The scale of the epidemic on this…
This article from BBC News tells the stories of two brothers who had lost their father in a raid on their village in the Central African Republic (CAR) and who came into the care of local foster parents. Recent conflict in CAR has led to an unknown number of children orphaned or separated from their parents. UNICEF and several humanitarian organizations have been working to identify and register these children and to place them with foster families. "But only 1,000 families nationwide are registered as foster carers, so an urgent search is on for more. Word is spread via community leaders,…
The Independent Review Panel on UN Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Foreign Military Forces in the Central African Republic released a report detailing the United Nations' "gross institutional failure" to act on allegations that French and other peacekeepers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic, which the report claims led to even more assaults. The panel found that UN staffers failed or hesitated to pass along children's allegations to senior officials, failed to further investigate the allegations, and failed to properly vet peacekeepers. …
The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University is seeking a Project Officer to implement a project to measure the impact of efforts to reduce child labor and modern trafficking. The Effective Approaches to End the Worst Forms of Child Labor Project (EAPEC) will work to reduce child labor in business supply chains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Ethiopia.
Responsibilities include:
Under the supervision of the Director of the Care and Protection of Children (CPC) Learning…
Consultant for Evaluation and Guidance Development for Integrated Protection Mobile Service Delivery
Plan International is seeking a consultant to conduct an evaluation of Plan International’s Integrated Protection Mobile Service Delivery approach in Lake Chad (Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria) and Central African Republic (CAR). The evaluation aims to contribute to wider organisational learning within Plan International. As such, the consultant will be required to leverage the lessons learnt from the evaluation to design Guidance for Integrated Protection Mobile Service Delivery that can be adapted to humanitarian responses across Plan International, and to share learnings across the West…