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Abstract
Background
COVID-19 has become a worldwide pandemic impacting child protection services (CPSs) in many countries. With quarantine and social distancing restrictions, school closures, and recreational venues suspended or providing reduced access, the social safety net for violence prevention has been disrupted significantly. Impacts include the concerns of underreporting and increased risk of child abuse and neglect, as well as challenges in operating CPSs and keeping their workforce safe.
Objective
The current discussion paper explored the impact of COVID-19 on child…
Child helplines exist in many countries around the world, offering a vital source of support to children and young people in distress. In many cases child helplines also represent an essential component of national child protection systems, bringing together a variety of actors to safeguard children in need. The COVID-19 pandemic has both heightened demand for child protection services and required organisations to adapt their work in order to continue to provide support to children, families and communities.
These Practitioner Guidance Papers share the approaches of five Family for Every…
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…
Have you ever wondered what happens when child protection actors have zero face-to-face access to the children and families they support?
Plan International Lebanon faced that exact problem in March 2020, when the government imposed a curfew and state of emergency across the country. In this episode of the Protected! Podcast, Elissa Alhassrouny, a child protection specialist with Plan International Lebanon,…
Plan International Lebanon’s multi-sectoral needs assessment is designed to determine priority needs and risks as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in Lebanon, and to guide current and future programming that serve the most vulnerable children and communities in Lebanon affected by the outbreak, particularly adolescent girls and boys and their families.
Specifically, the assessment looks at the impact of the coronavirus across sectors, and covers the following governorates where Plan International currently implements programmes: Akkar, North Lebanon, Nabatieh, South Lebanon, and…
As a result of COVID-19 face to face follow-up may not always be possible for all Child Protection Case Workers doing case management with children and their families. This guidance note is intended to support child guidance for remote child protection case management, including the key child protection principles of survival and development, non-discrimination and inclusion, child participation, and the best interest of the child. It focuses on:
- How case workers should provide remote support to children within their existing case load assessed to be at medium or high risk…
Children are particularly vulnerable during infectious disease outbreaks for three main reasons: 1. Children have specific susceptibilities to infection during infectious disease outbreaks; 2. Infectious diseases can disrupt the environments in which children grow and develop and 3. Measures used to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases can expose children to protection risks.
This guidance provides a short overview of the CP risks associated with disease outbreak. It also provides practical steps and…
This guidance note details the four priority areas that case management agencies will need to focus on in the coming days and months during COVID-19 for child protection.