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This manual aims to help countries and their national statistical systems to improve the collection, analysis, sharing and use of data on children on the move. It provides analytical guidance to national statistical authorities and relevant actors on how to acquire or enhance the appropriate capacity to collect data on migrant and displaced children, in compliance with the United Nations’ Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
It also shares several country experiences regarding migration data flows and official statistics. Reliable data and official statistics are key to…
This opinion piece published in the BMJ, argues that evidence based parenting support is needed for families in both sudden and protracted crises, to help protect children from adverse outcomes. The authors say that in emergencies, families need evidence based support that is accessible, relevant, and simple. The parenting programmes prevent and disrupt the intergenerational transmission of violence and trauma and improve mental health for parents and children. When combined with economic assistance (“‘cash plus care”) they are even more effective.
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This paper summarises findings from an initial scoping study, which seeks to review how child protection outcomes are captured when monitoring multi-purpose humanitarian cash programmes. The study intends to inform the development and piloting of new approaches to integrating child protection concerns into multi-purpose cash monitoring frameworks. It was conducted for the Alliance for Child Protection’s, Cash Transfer and Child Protection Task Force.
As the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC [WRC, 2018]) points out, humanitarian crises are often dangerous contexts that put…
Armed conflict, natural disaster and forced displacement affect millions of children each year. Such humanitarian crises can erode existing family and community protection mechanisms - increasing the risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. Within these contexts, child protection experts work to prevent and respond to protection concerns. Yet the evidence-base that should inform these interventions is lacking. There is limited analysis available on the causal pathways for child protection risks and vulnerabilities in humanitarian crises and few of the commonly used interventions…
The CPC Learning Network and UNHCR are collaborating to develop and test a Child Protection Index (CPI), a measure of strength of the child protection system in refugee settings, based on UNHCR’s Framework for the Protection of Children. This report details the results of the baseline study conducted from December 2014-February 2015 in Kiryandongo and Adjumani refugee settlements, Uganda.
While the need for strong child protection systems in refugee settings is clear, ways to measure the strength of these systems and the impact of interventions are very limited. The inability to measure…
*Please note that the attached brief provides additional information. The actual Inter-Agency Child Protection Information Management System is only available upon request through the contact information listed at the bottom of the page.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), Save the Children and UNICEF have been working together since 2005 to promote the use of a standard inter-agency child protection information management system for the child protection sector. The information management system is a practical, field level tool that supports effective and timely responses…
This document provides a tool that was used to asses capacities for quality OVC response in Uganda by the Core Initiative. The broad capacity areas to be assessed were compiled from the capacity areas identified by OVC grantees and from key documents such as the National Strategic Program Plan of Interventions for OVC (NSSPI). A few capacity areas were added where key gaps were identified. The tool addresses the following capacities:
Quality OVC service delivery capacity
- Child…
People the world over live at risk of disasters – both natural occurrences, such as weather disturbances, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis, and industrial or transportation accidents. As well, war, armed conflict and terrorism also widely threaten communities around the globe. Emergencies are situations in which the lives and welfare of people are at such a risk that extraordinary action must be mobilized to ensure their survival, protection and well-being. The physical consequences of an emergency situation are quite evident: death, disabilities, displacement and much pain.…
Improperly conducting a Needs Assessment Intervention can result in negative psychosocial impacts on populations targeted by the assessment. This document uses an ethical perspective to offer practical point-form guidelines for organizations and individuals looking to conduct a needs assessment in a disaster situation. It is divided into three sections by target audience: Consultant/Advisor, Manager/Supervisor, and Field-Level Worker.
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In recent years, the devastating consequences of long term and violent conflicts across the globe have generated tremendous interest in the psychosocial effects of complex emergencies on children, families and communities. At the same time, as relief organizations have developed projects to address these critical issues, there have been relatively few resources available to these implementing agencies on how to measure the effectiveness of their work. What concepts, methods and tools might be used to evaluate psychosocial projects implemented during crisis situations? How do we know if…