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One Year Into COVID-19: What have we learned about child maltreatment reports and child protective service responses?

Background A year has passed since COVID-19 began disrupting systems. Although children are not considered a risk population for the virus, there is accumulating knowledge regarding children's escalating risk for maltreatment during the pandemic.

Strengthening the Child Protection System to End Violence Against Children In Eastern and Southern Africa

This paper aims to promote child protection system strengthening to reduce violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa. It explores the concept of child protection system strengthening and provides concrete examples from the region of system strengthening in practice. It is aimed at...

Human Trafficking and Child Welfare: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies

The growing awareness of human trafficking in the United States and abroad requires government and human services agencies to reevaluate old policies and develop new ones for identifying and serving victims. Due to their potentially unstable living situations, physical distance from friends and...

Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Youth Programming: A Toolkit

This Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Youth Programming: A Toolkit provides strategies and tools for designing, implementing, and evaluating mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programs and activities for youth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and...

Caring for LGBTQ Children & Youth

This booklet was developed by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s All Children – All Families project. The project engages child welfare agencies across the United States, providing resources, technical assistance and training on best practices for supporting and serving LGBTQ youth and LGBT...

Study on the evolution of the Children and Armed Conflict mandate 1996-2021

This study takes stock of the challenges and achievements of the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) mandate based on 25 years of existence and suggests a renewed way forward to invigorate the protection of children affected by armed conflict based on prevention, collaboration, reintegration, and a...

Trabajando con las adolescentes sobrevivientes de VBG en contextos migratorios: Manual de capacitación para facilitadoras y facilitadores

Este Manual de capacitación y la Guía que lo acompaña están diseñados para proveedores de servicios en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) que trabajan con las adolescentes en contextos migratorios que experimentan o se encuentran en riesgo de sufrir violencia basada en género (VBG), con un enfoque...

Trabalhando com Meninas Adolescentes Sobreviventes de Violência Baseada em Gênero em Contextos Migratórios: Um Guia para Prestadores de Serviços

Este Guia e o Manual de Treinamento que o acompanha são elaborados para prestadores de serviços na América Latina e no Caribe (ALC) que trabalham com meninas adolescentes em movimento que sofrem ou estão em risco de violência baseada em gênero (VBG), com foco particular em contextos de migração...

Working With Adolescent Girl GBV Survivors On The Move: Facilitator's Training Manual

This Training Manual and accompanying Guide are designed for service providers in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) working with adolescent girls on the move who experience or are at risk of gender-based violence (GBV), with a particular focus on contexts of Venezuelan migration. The Training...

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