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Governments around the world responded to the spread of COVID-19 by imposing lockdowns, quarantines and school closures. While these measures have contained the spread of the virus, they have also increased the risk factors for intimate partner violence and child abuse, leading to what the UN has described as “the shadow pandemic of domestic violence”.
Family for Every Child alliance members have been in close contact with children, families and communities during the pandemic. They have seen that domestic violence is being inflicted on children either directly in the form of child abuse,…
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.
This document provides a brief overview of Plan International's activities in Asia-Pacific in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the provision of livelihood support (including to people with disabilities), cash support and food rations to vulnerable families, parenting support sessions, as well as the dissemination of youth-friendly messaging and the distribution of education and communication materials. The document provides brief snapshots of Plan's programming in the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, India…