[FINAL] Webinar | Technical Note: Title: Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In this episode, Hani Mansourian hosts a discussion on child protection in the context of COVID-19. Sara Lim Bertrand begins by introducing The Alliance's Technical Note on the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael Copeland and Rachel Harvey then share two presentations about what they're seeing in the field: needs, trends and patterns of issues related to child protection. The final portion of the webinar is dedicated to questions and answers from the webinar participants.

List of Speakers:
Hani Mansourian from The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Sara Lim Bertrand from The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Michael Copland from Global CP Area of Responsibility
Rachel Harvey from UNICEF

Main Points:
0:10 Hani gives an overview of the webinar and asks the participants three questions concerning child protection in the context of COVID-19.
2:34 Hani gives background to The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the creation of the Technical Note.
7:35 Sara begins the presentation on the Technical Note by sharing the target of the guidance.
10:12 Sara discusses the structure of the guidance, which is divided into two parts. The first focuses on child protection risks from a socio-ecological perspective and the second focuses on child protection responses across sectors and governments, child protection-specific programs, and resources.
11:42 Sara shares the key messages of the Technical Note, which highlight how COVID-19 has disrupted the environment where children grow and develop and that there are negative consequences for children’s well-being and protection due to COVID-19. This concludes Sara’s presentation.
13:14 Michael begins his presentation by giving some examples of concerns to child protection in the context of COVID-19, including heightened risks to children in alternative care and risks of the reductions in services and monitoring.
18:50 Michael shares some things that are needed at this time in terms of child protection, including coordination between sectors and ensuring child protection is central to COVID-19 responses.
20:10 Michael shares some innovations made to adapt to COVID-19, including working directly with WASH colleagues to develop materials and working with the food security cluster. This concludes Michael’s presentation.
23:01 Rachel begins her presentation by addressing a key concern for child protection during COVID-19, where children are more vulnerable to the secondary impacts of the pandemic, including social and economic impacts.
24:23 Rachel gives an overview of the COVID-19 context in the East Asia Pacific region.
26:37 Rachel discusses children in alternative care in the context of COVID-19, including children in state-run and non-state residential facilities, children in juvenile and immigration detentions.
30:44 Rachel discusses CP case management in COVID-19, including considering social workers as essential workers and creating child helplines.
32:42 Rachel shares the heightened due to the disruption of day-to-day services, including adolescent health services for adolescents with HIV/AIDS and strict security measures with children living on the streets.
34:00 Rachel discusses the concerns of online child protections with technology being used for social and education and children are spending more time online. This concludes Rachel’s presentation.
35:04 Hani begins the Q&A session.
36:25 Q1: Is there guidance on child protection related to remote/web-based schooling?
38:23 Q2: What child safeguarding policy will apply after COVID-19? Do you have any SOPs for case management during infectious disease outbreaks?
40:21 Q3: How do we support group-based MHPSS for children if there is no access to the internet?
44:39 Q4: During emergencies, child-friendly spaces need to be closed due to lockdown measures, do we have any alternatives for that? What are child protection strategies for communities during the COVID-19 crisis?
50:22 Q5: If a community doesn’t have facilities for remote learning, are there any other options? Do we have materials already developed specifically on stigma prevention?
55:29 Q6: How can we protect children who are not registered? Is there any video training that could be shared through WhatsApp for those remote case workers that are close to hard to reach communities that cannot be involved in face-to-face meetings due to movement restrictions?
1:01:00 Hani shares three closing points: To go out advocate for the prioritization of critical child protection services, child protection in the context of COVID-19 is rapidly changing and the Technical Note is an evolving document, and continue to share feedback and knowledge. This concludes the webinar.
Important Links:
The Technical Note V2: https://alliancecpha.org/en/COVD19
The Alliance COVID-19 Resource Hub: https://alliancecpha.org/en/series-of-child-protection-materials/protection-children-during-covid-19-pandemic

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