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The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC/the Committee), in collaboration with African Union Member States, partner organizations, children and young people, launched the first of its kind Continental Study on Children Without Parental Care (CWPC) in Africa. The study, conducted from 2020 to 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, covered over 43 countries in the five regions of Africa.
This document is intended to provide concrete advice on how to put the guiding principles common to most child protection actors into practice. Though cultural traditions and customs may require the advice to be adapted to the specific context, the authors believe that the advice provided is grounded in sufficiently broad experience to guide measures that ensure children under five are not separated when this can be avoided, and, if separated, can be reunited with their families as quickly as possible.
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This report’s primary purpose is to recommend evidence-based strategies to improve the relevance and effectiveness of field interventions that target development outcomes for migrant girls in Southern Africa.
To do so, it draws on qualitative action research conducted in Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia in 2019. Methodology comprised rigorous academic review of existing knowledge published to date about the situation for migrant girls, and workshops with field-based Save the Children teams already implementing programmes for children on the move. Most importantly, the research process…
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Children who are separated from their families and usual caregivers in emergencies face a multitude of risks to their health and wellbeing. This study presents findings from the first known population-based estimation of separation in an emergency setting. Point prevalence and basic characteristics were measured to inform programming, policies and funding for affected populations. A household survey was carried out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to estimate separation subsequent to an attack by the M23 militia group. Separation was tracked in terms of children arriving…
This document provides a brief summary of the field testing of the population-based estimation method (or ‘estimation method’) in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A fuller account of the field testing can be found in the longer document: Pilot Summary Report, Democratic Republic of Congo: Population-Based Estimation by the same authors.The estimation method was used to estimate the scale and basic characteristics of separation resulting from the armed group M23’s takeover of Goma in December 2012, also affecting the neighbouring territory of Nyiragongo. The pilot ran from…
This pilot summary document provides a brief summary of the field testing of the community-based surveillance method in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A fuller account of the field testing can be found in the longer document: Pilot Summary Report, Democratic Republic of Congo: Community-Based Surveillance Method by the same authors. The surveillance method was used to monitor new cases of separation in ‘real time’ across ten village sites in the territory of Nyiragongo. The pilot ran for an 11-week period from August to October 2014.
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 Measuring Separation in Emergencies (MSiE) project, funded by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and implemented by Save the Children and Columbia University in association with other key academic partners including Johns Hopkins University, aims to strengthen emergency response programming for unaccompanied and separated children through the development of practical, field-tested tools to enhance the assessment of the scale and nature of separation in emergencies. Phase I included piloting a population-based estimation tool and community-based surveillance system in North…
The Measuring Separation in Emergencies (MSiE) project, funded by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and implemented by Save the Children and Columbia University in association with other key academic partners including Johns Hopkins University, aims to strengthen emergency response programming for unaccompanied and separated children through the development of practical, field-tested tools to enhance the assessment of the scale and nature of separation in emergencies. Phase I included piloting a population-based estimation tool and community-based surveillance system in North…
The Measuring Separation in Emergencies (MSiE) project, funded by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and implemented by Save the Children and Columbia University in association with other key academic partners including Johns Hopkins University, aims to strengthen emergency response programming for unaccompanied and separated children through the development of practical, field-tested tools to enhance the assessment of the scale and nature of separation in emergencies. Phase I included piloting a population-based estimation tool and community-based surveillance system in North…