News

The Child Protection Area of Responsibility launched its strategy for the coming five years, 2020-2024, in February.  The main goals are:  1. Strengthen advocacy, policy and integrated approaches to better prioritize and deliver safe and inclusive child protection services through key partnerships. 2. Enhance the coordination of child protection responses…

Coordination is central to ensuring the quality and coverage of every child protection response. The Child Protection AoR’s Field Support Team (FST) deploys trained and experienced staff into vital coordination roles at short notice whether for a catastrophic new emergency, the deterioration of an existing crisis or in support of existing in-country teams. The FST…

This document has been produced based on a secondary data matrix compiled by the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) using the Minimum Standards as an analysis framework. All data points are citations from the secondary data matrix which have been compared and interpreted, but not triangulated or verified. The information presented in this…

The Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) has become one of the key resources for humanitarian workers since its launch in 2012. Years of implementing the CPMS in diverse settings revealed the need for a more user-friendly version of the Standards that would reflect recent sector learning and evidence; improve guidance on prevention,…

As of 2019, Mozambique has a population of approximately 30 million ; 32% lives in urban areas and median age of the total population is between 17 and 18 . According to the 2017 census, Mozambique’s population is growing at an average rate of 3.5 percent per annum. Fertility rates, particularly adolescent fertility rates, are very high while life expectancy remains…