'Children First: Journal on Children's Lives', the bi-annual Journal of the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Government of Delhi (http://dcpcr.delhi.gov.in/

The number of children estimated to have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has surged to more than 5.2 million globally, according to a new modeling study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. Maestral President, Philip Goldman, and Laura Rawlings detail essential measures to address this global crisis in this article.

Date: 14 - 17 March 2022

Time: 10:00 - 12:00 (Date and time zone is UK)

This article explores the role resilience processes play in education and well-being outcomes for street-connected children. It draws on research and practice undertaken as part of the Building with Bamboo Programme (BwB) on resilience. BwB investigated the forms a resilience-based approach might usefully take in practice, the effect this has on promoting resilience in children, and how this resilience leads to improved outcomes in their lives.

These opening remarks were delivered by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at 49th session of the Human Rights Council 9 March 2022. The focus of her remarks was on the alarming numbers of children who are torn apart from their families due to a number of reasons.

This policy brief aims to foster an understanding that the provision of quality alternative care, requires that the child’s right to identity is safeguarded. 

This is the concept note for the 49th session of the Human Rights Council which is an annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child. The focus of this year's meeting was to  identify the implications of a child rights approach to family reunification, paying particular attention to preventing the separation of children from their families, and to children affected in cross-border situations. 

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action invites you to join the global launch of the Community Volunteer Toolkit and Training Manual on March 8^th at 2pm CET.

OPDs, CSOs, NHRIs, Independent monitoring frameworks are invited to submit written alternative reports as soon as possible and no later than 14 February 2022 via email to ohchr-crpd@un.org. Submissions should be in text (Word) files and below 10,700 words. Written submissions will be posted on the CRPD website unless you clearly indicate that they are confidential. Interested CSOs, OPDS, NHRIs and Independent Monitoring Frameworks in participating in private briefings on country situations should submit a request to the Secretariat (ohchr-crpd@un.org) no later than 7 February 2022.