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Legislating for the Digital Age: Global guide on improving legislative frameworks to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse.

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Awaz Raoof, Catherine Burke and Ramyah Harrichandiran

May 2022

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Under the Long-Term Arrangement to provide technical expertise on Child Protection to UNICEF, the Coram International has been contracted by UNICEF HQ to support the project: “Building back better child protection systems: improving legislative frameworks to protect children from online child sexual exploitation and abuse”. The scale, severity, and complexity of online child sexual exploitation and abuse is increasing at a high pace. In countries with wide access to the internet and digital technology, COVID-19 has also pushed more and more aspects of children’s lives online. At the same time many countries remain ill-equipped to prevent and respond and lack up-to-date and robust legislative and regulatory frameworks. This, in turn, affects children’s access to justice. In light of this, Coram International supported the development of a global guide on legislative responses to online or “technology-enabled” child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). Aimed at a range of stakeholders including government, development partners, international organisations, and civil society advocating for, developing and reforming legislation the guide provides recommendations around minimum legal standards to address the various forms of online or “technology-enabled” CSEA with reference to international child rights law norms, documents lessons learned in legislative development and reform and analyses new and challenging issues at the frontiers of child protection and technology.

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]]> Operational manual for non-governmental organizations on providing services to children affected by migration https://coraminternational.org/operational-manual-for-non-governmental-organizations-on-providing-services-to-children-affected-by-migration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=operational-manual-for-non-governmental-organizations-on-providing-services-to-children-affected-by-migration Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:11:13 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=15623 Awaz Raoof and Catherine Burke, 2022

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Operational manual for non-governmental organizations on providing services to children affected by migration

Awaz Raoof and Catherine Burke

February 2022

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Coram International was the institutional consultant to UNICEF Kazakhstan on a large-scale project to protect the rights of children affected by migration (CABM) in Kazakhstan. The project involved three components. The first component involved the review and analysis of the legal framework governing the protection of CABM in Kazakhstan. The second component involved the review of draft legislation and to recommend amendments to strengthen the bills in line with international standards and good practices on protecting CABM. The third component involved the design, development and testing of a model for providing protective services to CABM in three pre-selected Cities (Nur Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent). Based on the research and in close consultation with stakeholders, the Coram International team designed a model for providing protective services to CABM in the three cities. To operationalise the model, the team developed an operational manual for the Centres of Adaptation of Minors (which perform the role of child protection case manager) and an operational manual for NGO service providers. The project was part of UNICEF’s larger multi-country project on protecting CABM in the region, which is funded by the European Union.

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]]> Operational manual for the centres of adaptation of minors/centre for the support of children in difficult life situations on providing protective services to children affected by migration. https://coraminternational.org/operational-manual-for-the-centres-of-adaptation-of-minors-centre-for-the-support-of-children-in-difficult-life-situations-on-providing-protective-services-to-children-affected-by-migration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=operational-manual-for-the-centres-of-adaptation-of-minors-centre-for-the-support-of-children-in-difficult-life-situations-on-providing-protective-services-to-children-affected-by-migration Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:56:56 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=15619 Awaz Raoof and Catherine Burke, 2021

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Operational manual for the Centres of Adaptation of Minors and Centres for the support of children in difficult life situations on providing services to children affected by migration.

Awaz Raoof and Catherine Burke

December 2021

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Coram International was the institutional consultant to UNICEF Kazakhstan on a large-scale project to protect the rights of children affected by migration (CABM) in Kazakhstan. The project involved three components. The first component involved the review and analysis of the legal framework governing the protection of CABM in Kazakhstan. The second component involved the review of draft legislation and to recommend amendments to strengthen the bills in line with international standards and good practices on protecting CABM. The third component involved the design, development and testing of a model for providing protective services to CABM in three pre-selected Cities (Nur Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent). Based on the research and in close consultation with stakeholders, the Coram International team designed a model for providing protective services to CABM in the three cities. To operationalise the model, the team developed an operational manual for the Centres of Adaptation of Minors (which perform the role of child protection case manager) and an operational manual for NGO service providers. The project was part of UNICEF’s larger multi-country project on protecting CABM in the region, which is funded by the European Union.

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]]> Children in ASEAN; 30 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in ASEAN https://coraminternational.org/children-in-asean-30-years-of-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child-crc-in-asean/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=children-in-asean-30-years-of-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child-crc-in-asean Wed, 04 Mar 2020 10:50:27 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=15145 UNICEF East Asia & Pacific November 2019

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Children in ASEAN; 30 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in ASEAN

UNICEF East Asia & Pacific

November 2019

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In November, UNICEF EAPRO published a report developed by Coram International marking 30 years of the UNCRC in the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Region. The publication “Children in ASEAN” is a landmark report that examines achievements across the ASEAN member States since the adoption of the Convention and looks to the future at remaining challenges and emerging issues.

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]]> Study on alternative care community practices for children in Cambodia, including pagoda based care https://coraminternational.org/study-on-alternative-care-community-practices-for-children-in-cambodia-including-pagoda-based-care-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-on-alternative-care-community-practices-for-children-in-cambodia-including-pagoda-based-care-2 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:49:20 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=15042 Carolyn Hamilton, Kara Apland, Maurice Dunaiski and Elizabeth Yarrow

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Study on alternative care community practices for children in Cambodia, including pagoda based care

Carolyn Hamilton, Kara Apland, Maurice Dunaiski and Elizabeth Yarrow

2017

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In 2016, Coram International was contracted by UNICEF to undertake an in-depth study in order to build a solid knowledge-base on different forms of community-based alternative care practices, including Pagoda-based care in Cambodia. The research study, implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Social Affairs, was used to inform child care sector reform in Cambodia. The study was implemented to meet the urgent need to better understand the practices of family and community-based care alternatives, especially in light of the Cambodian Government’s commitment to re-integrate children currently living in residential care into community-based care arrangements. The study assessed the different forms of alternative care in the community, particularly kinship care, foster care, group homes and pagoda-based care, and analysed to what degree these forms of care are in compliance with the national and international Minimum Standards of Alternative Care for Children. It also looked into the costs and funding sources of the different forms of community-based alternative care in Cambodia.

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]]> Casting Light in the Shadows: Child and youth migration, exploitation and trafficking in Vietnam https://coraminternational.org/casting-light-in-the-shadows-child-and-youth-migration-exploitation-and-trafficking-in-vietnam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=casting-light-in-the-shadows-child-and-youth-migration-exploitation-and-trafficking-in-vietnam Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:22:05 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=15026 Kara Apland and Elizabeth Yarrow

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Casting Light in the Shadows: Child and youth migration, exploitation and trafficking in Vietnam

Kara Apland and Elizabeth Yarrow

2019

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In 2016 Coram International was awarded funding from the Home Office’s Child Trafficking Protection Fund (CTPF) for a 2.5 year project that aimed to work towards ending the trafficking of children within and from Vietnam. Partnering with UNICEF Vietnam and UNICEF UK. The funding enabled the team and the partners, to acquire the much needed research-based evidence about the driving forces, patterns, trends and factors that put many children at risk from trafficking and slavery. The aim of the project was to strengthen multi-agency coordination, prevention and response for potential and actual victims through workshops and capacity building activities.

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]]> Formative Evaluation of the ‘Be a Change Agent’ Project https://coraminternational.org/formative-evaluation-of-the-be-a-change-agent-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=formative-evaluation-of-the-be-a-change-agent-project Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:55:04 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=14918 Kara Apland, Elizabeth Yarrow and Jorun Arndt 2018

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Formative Evaluation of the ‘Be a Change Agent’ Project February 2016-October 2018

Kara Apland, Elizabeth Yarrow and Jorun Arndt

2018

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In 2018, Coram International conducted a formative evaluation of UNICEF’s ‘Be a Change Agent’ Project (B-CAP) in Liberia. B-CAP, was implemented in two of Liberia’s most deprived urban slums, aims to empower vulnerable adolescents through youth entrepreneurship, formal and non-formal educational support and livelihood skills training. The primary purpose of the formative evaluation was to generate evidence to inform and improve B-CAP’s implementation in its second phase. The evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability and scalability of B-CAP and provides recommendations. The evaluation sought to determine the extent to which B-CAP has achieved its planned (and any unintended) results, to identify factors that affected its implementation, and to develop recommendations which can strengthen the project going forward.

UNICEF has rated this evaluation ‘Highly Satisfactory’ and considers it to exceed UNICEF and UNEG standards for evaluation reports. UNICEF also concludes that decision makers may use the evaluation with a high degree of confidence. 

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]]> Formative Evaluation of the Child Rights Monitoring Programme in Uzbekistan 2016-2018 https://coraminternational.org/formative-evaluation-of-the-child-rights-monitoring-programme-in-uzbekistan-2016-2018/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=formative-evaluation-of-the-child-rights-monitoring-programme-in-uzbekistan-2016-2018 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:07:32 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=14908 Awaz Raoof, Charlotte Baker and Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton 2018

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Formative Evaluation of the Child Rights Monitoring Programme in Uzbekistan 2016-2018

Awaz Raoof, Charlotte Baker and Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton

2018

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Coram International was contracted by UNICEF Uzbekistan to carry out an independent evaluation of UNICEF’s child rights monitoring (CRM) programme in Uzbekistan 2016-2018. The object of the evaluation includes six CRM projects implemented by UNICEF between 2016 and 2018, and UNICEF’s current approach to CRM which is reflected in its draft ‘Child Rights Monitoring and Evaluation Theory of Change 2017-2020. The evaluation also considers several CRM projects implemented between 2014 and 2016.

This evaluation assesses the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and, to the extent possible, the likely impact of UNICEF’s CRM programme. The purpose of this evaluation is to produce recommendations, knowledge and insights for UNICEF, the Government of Uzbekistan, the National Human Rights Centre, Women’s Committee, the inter-agency working groups and monitoring groups in Ferghana, Jizzakh, Khorezm and the Republic of Karakalpakstan (RoK), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other key stakeholder groups, to inform the development of the Country Programme of Cooperation between the Government of Uzbekistan and UNICEF for the period 2016-2020.

UNICEF has rated this evaluation ‘Highly Satisfactory’ and considers it to exceed UNICEF/UNEG standards for evaluation reports. The report generally observes good practices and can be used with confidence by decision-makers.

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]]> Situation Analyses of Children in the Pacific Island Countries https://coraminternational.org/situation-analyses-of-children-in-the-pacific-island-countries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=situation-analyses-of-children-in-the-pacific-island-countries Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:41:11 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=14866 Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof 2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in the Pacific Island Countries: Regional Report

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Coram International was commissioned by UNICEF Pacific to carry out 14 in-depth situation analyses (SitAns) of children and women in the following Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs): the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

This report provides a regional overview of evidence to inform decision-making across sectors that are relevant to children and women, and it is particularly intended to contribute to the development of programmes and strategies to protect, respect and fulfil the rights of children and women in the whole Pacific region. This report covers the child outcome areas of: health; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); education; child protection (including child justice); and poverty and social protection. By assessing and analysing the situation for children and women in relation to these outcomes, and in relation to relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this report seeks to highlight trends, barriers and bottlenecks in the realisation of children’s and women’s rights across the PICTs region.

This regional overview is paired with 14 in-depth SitAns, which are available below for a more detailed discussion of country-specific trends, challenges and recommendations.

Situation Analysis of Children in the Cook Islands

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Fiji

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Kiribati

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in the Marshall Islands

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in the Federated States of Micronesia

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Nauru

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Niue

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Palau

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Samoa

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in the Solomon Islands

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Tokelau

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children from Tonga

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Tuvalu

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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Situation Analysis of Children in Vanuatu

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kirsten Anderson, Ruth Barnes and Awaz Raoof

2017

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]]> Cambodia Action Plan to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Children 2017-2021 https://coraminternational.org/cambodia-action-plan-to-prevent-and-respond-to-violence-against-children-2017-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cambodia-action-plan-to-prevent-and-respond-to-violence-against-children-2017-2021 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:23:00 +0000 https://coraminternational.org/?p=14826 Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kara Apland, Elizabeth Yarrow and Maurice Dunaiski

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Cambodia Action Plan to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Children 2017-2021

Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton, Kara Apland, Elizabeth Yarrow and Maurice Dunaiski

2017

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The Royal Government of Cambodia has launched its Action Plan to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Children 2017-2021. The Action Plan has been formulated following the 2013 Cambodia Violence Against Children Survey, the first countrywide study, and the first regional study in the East Asia Pacific region, to provide evidence on the magnitude and nature of the different types of violence experienced by children in Cambodia.

The Action Plan was coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in partnership with government ministries and agencies represented in the multi-sectoral Steering Committee on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children and its Technical Working Groups. In 2015-16, Coram International carried out the literature review, research, secondary analysis and theory of change on VAC in Cambodia, which is the basis of the Action Plan.

The activities outlined in the Action Plan are designed to help support efforts in Cambodia to develop and implement effective child-friendly prevention strategies, as well as to improve service provision for all Cambodians, especially children, who experience violence.

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