Policy Paper: Protection of Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care

Protection of Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care—Immediate Response Measures

Publication details:

Author(s): Better Care Network, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and UNICEF
Date: June 2020
Themes: Covid 19, Child Protection

The aim of this Technical Note is to support child protection practitioners and government officials in their immediate response to the child protection concerns faced by children who are at risk of separation or in alternative care during COVID-19 pandemic. It has been developed by an Inter-agency Task Force of practitioners specialised in child protection and care and builds on the Technical Note: Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic developed by The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and is based on international standards and practice relating to the care and protection of children.