The CPC Learning Network translates the knowledge about effective programs and policies for children and families into guidance for practitioners and policymakers that is accessible, practical, and action-oriented. Guidance concerning community-based child protection mechanisms enables government representatives, NGO workers, and researchers to engage more meaningfully with local networks and groups to protect children and strengthen families.
Key Resources
Best Practices for Engaging Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and Establishing Synergies the Education Sector: Learning from Protracted Refugee Settings in Uganda and Rwanda
The aim of this note is to outline some ways of engaging with CBCPMs, especially within the education sector. This note is based on the findings of two studies of CBCPMs and their linkages to the education sector in two protracted refugee settings in Uganda and Rwanda.
A Grounded View of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and their Linkages with the Wider Child Protection System in Three Rural and Urban Areas in Kenya
This report presents research to systematically learn about existing CBCPMs in Kenya and their linkages with formal, government led aspects of the wider child protection system. This research was conducted in 2011-2013 in Mombasa and Kilifi in the Coast area, and Kisii in Nyanza area.
Learning about Children in Urban Slums: A Rapid Ethnographic Study in Two Urban Slums in Mombasa of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and Their Linkage with the Kenyan National Child Protection System
The purpose of this research is to learn about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in two urban slums in Mombasa, Kenya.
Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Refugee Camps in Rwanda: An Ethnographic Study
The purpose of this research is to learn about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms (CBCPMs) in two refugee camps in Rwanda – Gihembe and Kiziba.
Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms Amongst Urban Refugees in Kampala, Uganda: An Ethnographic Study
The purpose of the study reported here was to learn about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in three urban refugee communities in Kampala, Uganda.
Mapping Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Uganda
This research took a bottom-up approach in examining existing Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms (CBCPMs) in Arua and Nebbi districts in Uganda.
Lessons Learned: Conducting Research on Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms
This guidance is a product of discussions on lessons learned from the research conducted on community-based child protection mechanisms. It compiles insights from the three days of reflection, dialogue and consensus building.
An Ethnographic Study of Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Aceh, Indonesia
This study set out to identify and systematically learn about the functioning of existing community-based child protection mechanisms in Aceh, Indonesia.
Mapping Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Liberia: Montserrado and Nimba Districts
This research utilized community mapping to explore local perceptions and experiences of child protection. Data were collected in five sites each in Montserrado and Nimba counties in Liberia.
Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms in Kisii/Nyamira Area: a Rapid Ethnographic Study in Two Rural Sites in Kenya
The purpose of this research was to learn about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in two mostly rural sites in the Kisii/Nyamira area of Kenya.
Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms in Kilifi, Kenya: a Rapid Ethnographic Study in Two Rural Sites
The purpose of this research was to learn about community-based child protection processes and mechanisms in two rural areas of Kilifi, Kenya.
A Community-Driven Intervention to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Two Districts in Sierra Leone
Starting in 2012, the Inter-Agency Learning Initiative on Strengthening Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and Child Protection Systems established a community-owned and driven intervention to reduce teenage pregnancy in the Moyamba and Bombali Districts in Sierra Leone.