Resource Center on COVID-19 and Children's Care

This section includes resources on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to child protection and children's care.


News on COVID-19 and Children's Care


Webinars and Events on COVID-19 Response 


 

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Victor Fernandes, Anta Niang, Rosita Vargas Diaz, Martin Goyette,

This paper explores how the COVID-19 pandemic affected care leavers in Quebec, a social group already facing obstacles to social integration.

Shirin Heidari, Els Torreele, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Sharifah Sekalala, Naomi Burke-Shyne, Gabrielle Landry Chappuis,

This comment in the October 2023 issue of The Lancet discusses gender equity in health care and how improving access to sexual and reproductive health services can lead to a considerable reduction in maternal mortality rates. Other reports emphasise how collecting and analysing sex-disaggregated and gender data can help identify disparities in access to education, health care, and other services that are crucial for overall development.

Chiara Galli,

This U.S.-based case study provides lessons on how states and civil society strategically manage a “crisis” and discusses the implications for immigrants’ rights and vulnerabilities.

Enid Pitsoane, Fhatuwani Makahane,

This study explores the resilience of childcare workers in South Africa in managing the well-being of vulnerable orphans during COVID-19.

Revati Patil, Protiva Kundu,

Providing a safe and non-hostile environment for growth is every child's right. Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and those in conflict with the law. This article discusses the limitations of institutional care and why there is a need to shift focus to Family-Based Alternative Care services (FBAC), especially in the context of COVID-19.

Haksoon Ahn, Yao Wang, Kimberly A. Williams, Elsa Moeller, Zhanea James,

This US-based study examines the perspectives of families and professionals on child welfare practice during the COVID−19 pandemic.

Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action,

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action , with the support of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, conducted participatory research to explore the impact of COVID-19 related school closures on children and young people in three humanitarian settings: Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Colombia.

World Bank Group,

This webinar gives a comprehensive overview of the World Bank’s Human Development Flagship report, Collapse & Recovery: How COVID-19 Eroded Human Capital and What to Do About It, which reviews global data showing that the COVID-19 pandemic destroyed human capital at critical moments in the life cycle, scarring millions of children and young people in low- and middle-income countries.

Norbert Schady, Alaka Holla, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Joana Silva, Andres Yi Chang - World Bank Group,

This World Bank report provides a first comprehensive review of global data for young people who were under the age of 25 during the pandemic. It shows that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted human capital accumulation at critical moments in the life cycle, derailing development for millions of children and young people in low- and middle-income countries. 

UNICEF, Changing the Way We Care, Child's i Foundation,

This case study tracks the impact of family support services to a Ugandan mother and her family during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to prevent family separation.