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| Dear friends and colleagues: We are pleased to share with you important pieces of news, events, and research from our partners across the international child care and protection sector. In this issue, you will find an interesting study on the prevalence of low rates of child sexual abuse in China as well as a new guideline document on economic strengthening programs in low-income settings, produced by the livelihoods taskforce of the CPC Network. Please take a moment to look through the events list and learn about upcoming events, including one on the role of child protection investments in the economic and social progress of countries featuring our Program Learning Group (PLG) leaders from Uganda and Indonesia during the World Bank Civil Society Forum; a presentation from our Colombia PLG on its multidimensional index to measure the effectiveness of social inclusion programs for people living with disabilities; and a Webinar by CPC network's associate director, Mark Canavera, on community-based child protection mechanisms. We are also pleased to announce the launch of our year-long three-part symposium series to discuss the state of the evidence concerning international child protection and family welfare. Over the course of the year, we will explore violence against children, strengthening of the social workforce, and children's care issues. We hope you will join the first symposium on October 21st. Finally, we extend our congratulations to the David Mugawe, director of the Africhild Center in Uganda, on recent recogntion for his work in child protection.
Best Wishes, Dr. Lindsay Stark
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| Children and Economic Strengthening Programs: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Harm The Livelihoods taskforce of the CPC network has released this new guide on economic strengthening initiatives. The guide is designed for practitioners designing or implementing economic strengthening (ES) programs in low-income settings that are sensitive to the protection needs and well-being of vulnerable children. The guide provides an overview of key learning about how ES can achieve better outcomes and impacts for children aged 0-18, both within and outside of household care, whether the direct program beneficiaries are adults or adolescents (aged 10-18) themselves. It provides guidance on mitigating threats to children’s well-being that may be an unintended consequence of ES interventions and discusses what is currently known about ways to maximize benefits to children from ES interventions. The full report is available
here.
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| Explaining Lower Rates of Sexual Abuse in ChinaAccumulating research suggests that rates of child sexual abuse are comparatively low in China, according to a recent study published in Child Abuse & Neglect. This article explores whether the research findings reflect a true low prevalence or whether these results are biased by patterns of inhibited disclosure by survivors. This study concludes that while some estimates have almost certainly been affected by inhibited disclosure, overall, the findings do suggest a true lower prevalence. The study discusses some factors that could account for such lower rates including Confucian family values, definitions of masculinity and a collectivist culture that may be protective.
The full article is available
here.
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Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA)
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack has published guidelines for protecting educational institutions during times of conflict. These Guidelines have been drawn up with the aim of reducing the use of schools and universities by parties to armed conflict in support of their military effort, and to minimize the negative impact that armed conflict has on students’ safety and education. They are intended to serve as guidance for those involved in the planning and execution of military operations, in relation to decisions over the use and targeting of institutions dedicated to education. These Guidelines may also serve as a tool for inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations engaged in monitoring, programming, and advocacy related to the conduct of armed conflict. The guideline are available
here.
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| Are We Making Progress on Social Inclusion? Despite the many experiences about social inclusion of people with disabilities, there aren’t yet enough instruments to generate and properly appropriate the evidence on the determinants of these processes, at different levels of intervention and interactions. This lack of evidence based in information and empirical knowledge, not only maintains the levels of uncertainty about social gaps, but also on the cost effectiveness of the measures taken, and the relevance of the policies and the responsible institutions. In this presentation, researchers from the newly-established CPC Program Learning Group in Colombia will present their work on developing a multidimensional index, which allows the identification, monitoring and integration of the evidence on the progressive development of critical capacities of actors engaged in this work to ensure social inclusion. The event will take place on Thursday September 26, 2013 from 1:30-3:15pm at Hess Commons, 722 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032
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| Webinar: Community Child Protection Mechanisms in Protracted Refugee Settings The CPC Learning Network recently conducted two studies that were ethnographic in nature to understand community-based child protection mechanisms in protracted refugee settings and how these mechanisms link with education. These studies occurred in two countries, Uganda and Rwanda, and in two protracted refugee settings in each country. Mark Canavera will present the findings from each of these studies in a webinar on October 1, including guidance that is emerging from the studies about how actors working with refugees in protracted settings can better support community-based mechanisms and ensure their linkages with the education sector. The studies were undertaken in collaboration with UNHCR, HealthNet TPO, TPO Uganda, AVSI, and InterAid and with support from the US State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and USAID's Displaced Children and Orphans Fund. The Webinar invitation will be shared separately.
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| CPC Network Biannual Meeting The CPC Learning Network is pleased to host its bi-annual meeting from October 7-9, 2013. The gathering will bring together the CPC Learning Secretariat, Steering Committee, Program Learning Groups, Task Force leaders, and affiliated institutions, organizations, and individuals. The meeting is an opportunity for the Network members to review work and accomplishments, to discuss new goals and plans, and to build greater connections amongst members. Relevant notes and outcomes will be shared after the meeting.
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| The Role of Child Protection Investments in the Economic and Social Progress of Developing Countries The Africhild Center, the CPC Network Program Learning Group in Uganda, is hosting this session during the Civil Society Policy Forum of the World Bank Annual Meetings. Panelists include Dr. Fred Ssewamala, CPC faculty- affiliate, David Mugawe, head of Africhild Center, and Santi Kusumaningrum, head of CPC center in Indonesia. Neil Boothby, founder of the CPC Netowrk and Timothy Opobo, program coordinator for the Africhild Center, will also be part of the panel.
The session will be held on Friday October 11, 2013 at 9:00-10:00 a.m. in the MC C1-100 room at the World Bank offices in Washington DC.
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| Measuring the Immeasurable: Measuring Violence Against Children and the Effectiveness of Violence Prevention and Reduction Initiatives in Humanitarian and Development Settings
Recognizing that the international child protection and family welfare sector frequently lacks robust evidence and methods of measuring or conceptualizing difficult-to-capture or sensitive data, the Child Protection in Crisis (CPC) Learning Network strives to undertake the innovative research necessary to build the evidence base to affect change in child protection policy and practice. A pre-requisite of building this evidence base is the establishment of effective, appropriate, and valid tools and methods for use in assessments and evaluations. To that end, we will bring together the coalitions of researchers at Columbia University and other institutions in a symposium series to discuss the state of the evidence concerning international child protection and family welfare. The symposium series will include three sessions, organized in throughout the 2013-14 academic year. Guest speakers will include leading experts working on international children’s issues. The first session will focus on violence against children and the effectiveness of violence prevention and reduction initiatives in humanitarian and development.Les Roberts, CPC faculty-affiliate at Columbia University will give the keynote lecture.
This event will take place from 9:30am-1:30pm on October 21, 2013 at Hess Commons, 722 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032
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| David Mugawe, head of the Africhild Center in Uganda, was honored with the Daniel S. Sanders Peace and Social Justice Award for 2013 at the 18th Biennial International Consortium for Social Development. David also presented the Closing Lecture for the week-long conference that drew participants and experts from over 40 countries.
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