The global crisis brought on by COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on children in South Asia.
The pandemic has not only impacted children’s health and education: it has increased their risk of exposure to violence, child marriage, child labour, and unsafe migration, while also compromising their mental health and wellbeing. This heightened vulnerability to protection risks has been aggravated by the containment measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which compromised access to child protection services. As the resulting global economic crisis evolves, the risks to children will continue to increase.
It is in this uncertain, rapidly evolving context that child protection systems in South Asia adapted and adopted interventions to ensure the delivery of services that protect children’s rights. Based on document review, in-depth interviews and analysis of data, the Gendered Analysis of Child Protection Systems Responses in COVID-19 Programming in South Asia seeks to understand the changes which took place in child protection systems across South Asia during COVID-19, as well as document the promising practices, programmatic innovations, challenges and lessons learnt from UNICEF’s programming with partners in one of the most difficult of times we have known.
Autor(es):FRY, Deborah; PADILLA, Karina; LAKSHMI, Neelankantan & SRIVIDYA, Ivantury
Año: 2021
Edición: United Nations Children’s Fund
Ciudad: Nepal
Editorial: United Nations Children’s Fund
Url: https://www.unicef.org/rosa/media/14081/file/Main%20Report.pdf