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Day: Monday, 11 April 2022
Time: 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT / 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. CET
The violent war in Ukraine is threatening the safety and security of millions of people. The situation is quickly becoming the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. As of 27 March 2022, around 3.9 million refugees had crossed from Ukraine to some seven neighbouring countries. As many as nine in 10 of those fleeing the country are estimated to be women and children.
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Systems strengthening is becoming a dominant paradigm for many child protection actors. In spite of the prevailing support, the conceptualization of a "systems strengthening approach" remains an area of continued discussion and consensus building. Various studies have indicated ongoing challenges in implementing and realizing systems strengthening activities in practice. Co-hosted by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, whose Systems Strengthening and Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force was co-led by the Care and Protection of Children (CPC) Learning Network and Plan…
CPC Learning Network Associate Director, Mark Canavera, Janis Ridsdel from UNHCR, Sara Lim from UNICEF, and Nathalie Bussien, UNHCR Child Protection Officer in Rwanda will host a webinar on “Determining Acceptable Customary Caregiving Arrangements with Congolese Refugees in Rwanda” on Monday, December 19 from 9:00-10:30 am EDT. They will present the findings from a recent attempt to better under customary caregiving arrangement for refugee children living in two camp-based populations in Rwanda. UNHCR believes that by exploring and embracing the true definition of unaccompanied and separated…
In this edition of the newsletter, BCN launches a new Online Community of Practice for Eastern and Southern Africa- Care To Practice! The edition also highlights recent research, tools and policy briefs relevant to children's care, with a particular focus on care issues affecting migrant and refugee children.
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This section includes resources, news and other key documents related to children's care in the context of the current humanitarian crisis affecting Ukraine and surrounding countries. This section is updated daily.
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Compilation of news sources, resources and information related to children in Haiti with particular consideration for identification, tracing and reunification for separated and unaccompanied children.
BCN has co-facilitated, and collaborated on, several inter-agency initiatives aimed at enhancing the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. These initiatives includes the Tracking Progress Initiative - which developed a strengths-based diagnostic tool to support those working on strengthening care systems at the country level to measure progress in the implementation of the Alternative Care Guidelines - and the development of a handbook entitled Moving Forward: Implementing the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.