Child Protection During COVID-19
Data shows that violence against children in the home increased in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak and other infectious disease outbreaks. For example, in a survey from World Vision, …
Course: Protecting Children during Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Implications of Infectious Disease Outbreaks for Children with Disabilities
Globally, children with disabilities are: Highly vulnerable to stigma, discrimination and segregation. Less likely to attend school, access medical services or have their voices heard in society. At higher risk …
A Case Study on Key Considerations on Adaptations to Child Wellbeing During COVID 19
Read through the short case study below documented by Plan International Lebanon during the COVID-19 IDO response. The case study outlines how their life skill program has been adapted to …
Thank-You Statement
This six-week course was developed by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance), by Claire Whiting and Elena Giannini, together with the support and engagement of Plan …
How to manage child welfare during COVID-19
Here, we consider the minimum standards and key considerations for child protection practitioners when adapting individual and group activities for child well-being during COVID-19 and other IDOs. In each country, …
How to keep online activities safe for children
Keeping children safe online in the context of COVID-19 and other IDOs requires focused action by all actors. As child protection practitioners or humanitarian workers, before engaging in online activities, …
Your Learning Experience—Tell Us What You Think!
As you have now reached the end of the course, please take a moment to reflect on your learning and fill in the post course self-assessment. The self-assessment is not …
How to keep children safe online
COVID-19 has resulted in increased online activity by many children. This has meant online learning platforms have reshaped learning for many children where schools are closed. It has also seen …
Safeguarding Children: Responding to the increased risk of harm to children by organizations and their workers in COVID-19.
Safeguarding incorporates all the measures taken to prevent and respond to harm to children or adults by an organization, their programs or workers. Watch the video from War Child to …
What is safeguarding?
Safeguarding is defined by different organisations in different ways, but refers to the prevention of, and response to, harm to adults and children by an organisations workers, associates and/or programmes. …
Key Gaps and Concerns in Advocacy Efforts with Governments during IDOs
At the end of March 2020, the Child Protection team in the UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) designed a brief online survey to take stock of what …
Child Protection Inter-Sector Coordination in Practice
By mid-2020, COVID-19 had forced school closures in more than 190 countries worldwide. A 2020 report from Global Partnerships for Education reported over 770 million children in the majority world …
COVID-19 Remote Management Strategy
Many organizations are shifting to remote management to adjust to public health measures imposed because of COVID-19. This may be perceived by many as a temporary action, while in reality …
Tools and Practical Steps for Remote Monitoring during COVID-19
Remote Monitoring Methods to collect monitoring data remotely include, but are not limited to: Key informant interviews. Individual interviews. Surveys and polls. Feedback and complaints mechanisms. Remote observations (or sensing) …
What are the benefits and challenges of remote monitoring?
In the context of COVID-19, many organisations are adapting their ways of working and shifting to remote monitoring approaches, which brings with it both benefits and challenges, both of which …
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Protecting Children during Infectious Disease Outbreaks