Archive: Child Protection

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The role of para-social workers in creating community-led approaches to preventing and responding to child abuse: Case study on child protection within OVC programs

March 1, 2017

With guidance and training in child protection provided by SUNRISE-OVC, a USAID-funded social welfare systems-strengthening project, district officials and community leaders worked together to map vulnerable households and issues in communities, organize and fortify orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) response committees at the district and sub-county levels, and train PSWs to identify, report and respond… View Article

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Child, Early, and Forced Marriage Resource Guide

November 21, 2016

The Child, Early, and Forced Marriage Resource Guide provides a comprehensive, accessible overview of the issue of child marriage (including prevalence, drivers, trends, and solutions), a synopsis of USAID’s work in this area, and tools for integrating child-marriage prevention into existing USAID programs and projects.  The Guide includes important regional variations for programmatic considerations.  A… View Article

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INSPIRE: Seven strategies for Ending Violence Against Children

This resource is aimed toward all those charged with the protection of children–including government, civil society organizations, communities, private sector, and families.  The title acronym stands for the seven strategies to prevent violence against children and adolescents: Implementation and enforcement of laws; Norms and values; Safe environments; Parent and caregiver support; Income and economic strengthening;… View Article

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Protection and resilience: A simple checklist for why, where and how, to coordinate HIV and child protection policy and programming

August 10, 2016

There is strong evidence of the cyclical relationship between HIV and violence and that achieving an AIDS-free generation will mean protecting children from violence, abuse and neglect.  This short checklist provides practical guidance on how to link HIV and child protection policy and programming by suggesting actions for actors in both sides of programming (i.e.;… View Article

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Caregiver supportive policies to improve child outcomes in the wake of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: an analysis of the gap between what is needed and what is available in 25 high prevalence countries

August 4, 2016

As the epidemic grew and the challenge of caring for children affected by HIV also grew, caring for these children within the context of family and community also emerged as the best way to meet the needs of vulnerable children.  This paper explores the types of social policies that would facilitate families meeting these needs… View Article

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Beyond Survival: The Case for Investing in Young Children Globally

July 8, 2016

This powerful call to action summarizes and references strong evidence that early childhood is the basis of the future for individuals and for national development.  The paper calls investors to recognize the multi-dimensionality of children’s wellbeing by funding holistic packages for young children and caregivers which include: maternal, newborn and children’s nutrition, early childhood care… View Article

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National Strategy on Ending Child Marriage in Zambia, 2016-2021

June 29, 2016

The Government of the Republic of Zambia has embarked on a campaign to end early marriage.  This national strategy includes an environmental analysis with key national, regional and global trends around early marriage from 2013-2015.  Following the environmental analysis, the strategic plan outlines four areas of strategic focus for 2016-2021 and responsible stakeholders.  The strategy… View Article

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