The L&D Working Group is sharing a NEW Podcast Series to better equip CPHA practitioners to adapt child protection programming in the context of COVID-19 and other IDOs! Find the corresponding webinars and resources to the podcast here: https://alliancecpha.org/en/strengthening-capacity-cpha-practitioners-respond-times-covid-19

Social norms govern how we behave in all the different communities that we move within and between. As the response to COVID-19 has altered how we live, the pandemic has influenced many norms around child rearing, from compulsory mask wearing, to physically-distanced grandparenting to hand washing. Plus the social norms affecting caregiving are shifting too. In your community, think about who is responsible for educating children since schools closed. Or what about the social norms affecting how kids can play together once the lockdowns or stay-at-home measures are lifted? We asked Mark Canavera, the co-director of the Care and Protection of Children Learning Network, at Columbia University to unpack this huge topic for us. He discusses child protection and social norms and how they influence each other with Hani Mansourian, the co-coordinator of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Take a look at the technical note on working with communities to keep children safe here: https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/child-protection-online-library/working-communities-keep-children-safe-v11 Mark also mentions the African Movement of Working Children and Youth in the podcast. Take a closer look at the movement here: http://www.english.maejt.org/ For the rest of this series, Protected! Podcast: COVID-19 Edition, go to: soundcloud.com/alliancecpha/sets/protected-podcast-the-covid-19 For the rest of the resources related to child protection and COVID-19, please go: https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic This interview was recorded on the 3rd of June, 2020.

When the coronavirus lockdown has shrunk your world to the four walls around you, Joan Lombardi, the director of Early Opportunities, shares about caring for young children under lockdown. This is part one of a two-part interview with Joan Lombardi on the Protected! Podcast. On the podcast this week, Hani Mansourian and Joan Lombardi talk about how responsive care and early childhood experiences shape a child’s development and future wellbeing within families and communities. They also cover how child protection actors can support families with young children during the COVID-19 crisis. Plus why good parenting can be like a game of tennis. Take a look at the parenting tips for the lockdown period and beyond. https://alliancecpha.org/en/child-protection-online-library/tips-parenting-during-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak For the rest of this series, Protected! Podcast: COVID-19 Edition, go to https://soundcloud.com/alliancecpha/sets/protected-podcast-the-covid-19 For the rest of the resources related to child protection and COVID-19, please go https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic Get in touch with us if you like Protected! Podcast at [email protected] This podcast was recorded on the 22 of May 2020.

Protected! Ep.4 Child Labour and child protection risks during the pandemic with Selim Benaissa from ILO. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many families into difficulties. And it has increased the risk of children being lured or forced into different types of work that are hazardous for their health, wellbeing and development. In this podcast, Hani Mansourian from the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action speaks with Selim Benaissa, Chief Technical Officer from the ILO on the Myanmar program from the elimination of child labour. They discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the program, which brings together the ILO, partner organisations, the government, workers and employers organisation and communitities to end child labour in the country. If you want to find out more about the ILO’s work in Myanmar. https://www.ilo.org/yangon/areas/childlabour/lang--en/index.htm Check out the technical note related to child labour from the Alliance: https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/covid19childlabour For the rest of this series, Protected! Podcast: COVID-19 Edition, go to https://soundcloud.com/alliancecpha/sets/protected-podcast-the-covid-19 For the rest of the resources related to child protection and COVID-19, please go here: https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic Get in touch with us if you like Protected! Podcast at [email protected] This conversation was recorded on the 4th of June 2020.

Governments shut borders quickly in eastern Africa as the threat of an outbreak of COVID-19 loomed. That left child protection actors with reduced access to the refugee children they support and the children themselves are facing more risks. Elsa Laurin, the Senior Child Protection Officer for the East and Horn of Africa from UNHCR, tells Hani Mansourian how they and their partner organisations re-prioritised cases in response to the changing situation. Plus Elsa explains why developing and supporting community networks is so important and how to make these networks even stronger. For more information on adapting case management to deal with health and movement restrictions have a look at some of the guidance on the Alliance CPHA’s website: https://alliancecpha.org/en/child-protection-webinars/webinar-adapting-child-protection-case-management-covid-19-context For the rest of this series, Protected! Podcast: COVID-19 Edition, go to https://soundcloud.com/alliancecpha/sets/protected-podcast-the-covid-19 For the rest of the resources related to child protection and COVID-19, please go here: https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic Get in touch with us if you like Protected! Podcast at [email protected] This conversation was recorded on 15 May 2020.

Have you ever wondered what happens when child protection actors have zero face-to-face access to the children and families they support? Plan International Lebanon faced that exact problem in March 2020, when the government imposed a curfew and state of emergency across the country. Elissa Alhassrouny, a child protection specialist with Plan International Lebanon, tells Hani Mansourian how their team moved to remote child protection programming and the steps involved in that process. If you are interested in programs helping vulnerable adolescents, check out some of the resources and guidance notes that Elissa Alhassrouny has shared: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a32T4iecScbfFANr2mvL_xceEefUSFpD/view?usp=sharing For more details on the Needs Assessment carried out in Lebanon that Elissa mentioned, have a look at this: https://plan-international.org/publications/covid-19-multi-sectoral-needs-assessment Plus the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action website has links to a wealth of resources on child protection and COVID-19:https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic For the rest of this series, Protected! Podcast: COVID-19 Edition, go to https://soundcloud.com/alliancecpha/sets/protected-podcast-the-covid-19 For the rest of the resources related to child protection and COVID-19, please go https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic Get in touch with us if you like Protected! Podcast at [email protected] This conversation was recorded on 6 May 2020.

This podcast is for all child protection actors everywhere. Wherever you are, hit the Play button now! Dr Zeinab Hijazi, the mental health and psychosocial support expert from UNICEF talks to Hani Mansourian, the Alliance's Co-coordinator about the coronavirus pandemic and its effects on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. They discuss how child protection workers worldwide are dealing with the effects of both the virus and containment measures. Plus, how to look after our own mental health and our staff's wellbeing in these times. Dr Hijazi mentioned a couple of papers and briefing notes, so we put a list of them below. Here are the IASC guidelines that Dr Hijazi mentioned in the podcast, check them out. Link: https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/iasc-reference-group-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-emergency-settings/interim-briefing You can download the different language versions of the children’s book, “My Hero is You”, scroll to the bottom of the page linked to below. Link: https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/iasc-reference-group-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-emergency-settings/my-hero-you For the rest of this series, Protected! Podcast: COVID-19 Edition, go to https://soundcloud.com/alliancecpha/sets/protected-podcast-the-covid-19 For the rest of the resources related to child protection and COVID-19, please go https://www.alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic Get in touch with us if you like Protected! Podcast at [email protected] This conversation was recorded on 9 April 2020.