On June 2, 2015, the USAID Center on Children in Adversity/Displaced Children and Orphans Fund hosted a panel discussion event with the CPC Learning Network to mark the tenth anniversary of the Network. The last ten years have been a period of intense learning about how to rigorously measure and assess international child protection and family welfare programs and policies. The issues requiring a stronger evidence base—including violence against children, psychosocial wellbeing, formal and informal child protection mechanisms, and family strengthening programs—span emergency and development contexts, and much progress has been made.
During the event, the CPC Learning Network reviewed the progress made in international child protection and family welfare—not only advances in measurement but also in the development of knowledge transfer platforms to ensure research uptake. The symposium concluded with a look to the future to determine the most effective ways of measuring and assessing child protection, care, and development in the years to come. Click the link above to access the agenda, presentations and video of the symposium.