Using data from the #HowICare Project, MenCare will host a webinar that discusses the impacts of lockdown mandates on and how policymakers and advocates can mitigate these negative impacts in future pandemics. Using the MenCare Commitment pillars as a framework, the webinar will relay the results from the Oxfam and Promundo-led rapid response poll to demonstrate how public and private institutions can play a tangible role in mitigating the harmful impacts of emergencies on household care dynamics and therefore must make a strategic effort to address this in both the short- and long-term.

At this event, the Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 will be launched by the WHO Director-General, UNICEF, UNESCO, the Office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children

The Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 is the first report of its kind focused on violence against children, covering child maltreatment, bullying and other types of youth violence, and intimate partner violence.

Developed by the WHO in collaboration with the co-sponsoring agencies noted above, the report explores the progress made in 155 countries in implementing the INSPIRE technical package. It provides a baseline against which governments can monitor their progress toward reaching their SDG commitments, and in helping children to stay safe during COVID-19 and beyond.

Join the high-level debate organised by ILO and UNICEF with focus on the importance of protecting children from child labour in COVID-19 response and recovery plans, while looking forward to the International Year on the Elimination of Child Labour (2021) and the SDG Target to end child labour in all its forms by 2025.

Hear field experiences and discuss challenges and opportunities to address child labour in the context of COVID-19. Participants will hear an update based on the technical note on COVID-19 and Child Labour (EN, SP, FR), evidence-based resources and field experiences to prevent and respond to child labour. Subsequently, field participants will be able to reflect and discuss challenges and opportunities to address child labour in the context of COVID-19.

Get practical guidance on how to adapt child protection case management in response to the COVID-19 pandemic through this free training opportunity in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. This course, which lasts about 3-4 hours, is  available to anyone with a responsibility for responding to the protection and care of children. It will explore adapting child protection case management services during COVID-19 pandemic.

More information can be found here.

Learn more about the new technical note, ask questions and share experiences.