{"id":18467,"date":"2020-03-19T16:44:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T16:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/?p=18467"},"modified":"2020-03-24T15:39:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:39:19","slug":"protecting-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/protecting-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting children during the COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <div class=\"separator- glacier-section\"  id=\"section-69d7bee60fea0\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <section>\n                    \n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><em>Updated 24 March 2020<\/em><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The outbreak of a novel form of Coronavirus (COVID-19)\u00a0has been declared a pandemic and the situation for children and families all over the world continues to evolve quickly. While the outbreak and its affects are unprecedented, we do know that <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/migration-conflict-and-disaster\/\">children face an increased risk of violence<\/a> in times of crisis, and the evidence from previous infectious disease outbreaks suggests that child protection risks are exacerbated and new ones emerge during an epidemic and prevention and control measures. The pressures on vulnerable children and families will be compounded by the speed of change and implications such as loss of earnings, changes to the physical environment and reduced access to essentials, services and support, in addition to fears around physical health. Understandably, feelings of anxiety and stress among adults and children will be heightened.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We are reminded at this time of the importance of ensuring everyone is equipped to prevent violence against children around the world. Parents are in need of particular support during this time of isolation, to help reduce stress and maintain positive relationships with each other and their children. The Global Initiative is thankful for the vast number of frontline staff, professionals, advocates, policymakers and members of the public around the world that are pulling together to support families in crisis. We have shared some helpful resources below to help parents coping with stress related to the outbreak, including helping children to reduce stress, and to support professionals and policymakers. If you are aware of further useful resources, please share them with us at <a href=\"mailto:info@endcorporalpunishment.org\">info@endcorporalpunishment.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Global Initiative remains operational during this time, with our staff team now fully home-based.<\/span><\/p><h3>Resources for parents:<\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong>World Health Organisation (WHO)<\/strong> has published advice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/advice-for-public\/healthy-parenting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthy parenting in the time of COVID-19<\/a>, as well as a short resource to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/coping-with-stress.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adults dealing with stress<\/a> and another aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/helping-children-cope-with-stress-print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helping children cope with stress<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Child Trends<\/strong> (in the US) has shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childtrends.org\/publications\/resources-for-supporting-childrens-emotional-well-being-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources for Supporting Children\u2019s Emotional Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong>National Association of School Psychologists<\/strong> (in the US) has published a guide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasponline.org\/resources-and-publications\/resources-and-podcasts\/school-climate-safety-and-crisis\/health-crisis-resources\/talking-to-children-about-covid-19-(coronavirus)-a-parent-resource\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource<\/a>, which is available as a PDF download in English, Spanish, Amharic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and French.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong>National Child Traumatic Stress Network<\/strong> (in the US) has published a Spanish guide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nctsn.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/fact-sheet\/parent_caregiver_guide_to_helping_families_cope_with_the_coronavirus_disease_2019-sp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gu\u00eda de ayuda para padres y cuidadores para ayudar a las familias a enfrentar la enfermedad Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)<\/a>, which includes information on supporting children emotionally through the pandemic.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong>French Secretariat for Equality<\/strong> (Le Secr\u00e9tariat d'Etat charg\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 entre les femmes et les hommes et de la lutte contre les discriminations) has published a French resource, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egalite-femmes-hommes.gouv.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Guide-des-parents-confines-50-astuces-de-pro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide des Parents Confin\u00e9s: 50 Astuces de Pro<\/a> (Guide for Isolated Parents: 50 Pro Tips)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h3>Resources for professionals and policymakers:<\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong>Alliance for the Protection of Children in Humanitarian Crisis<\/strong> has produced a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alliancecpha.org\/en\/child-protection-news\/alliance-coordinators-new-technical-note-protecting-children-during-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic<\/a> to support frontline child protection workers, policy makers and donors in designing and implementing child protection interventions, including cross-sectoral collaboration. The note is currently being\u00a0translated into Korean, Italian, Persian, Chinese, Spanish, French and Arabic.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong>Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children<\/strong> has collected a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.end-violence.org\/protecting-children-during-covid-19-outbreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resources to reduce violence against children<\/a> during the outbreak, aimed at supporting children, adults, educators and policymakers.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n                <\/section>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 24 March 2020&nbsp;The outbreak of a novel form of Coronavirus (COVID-19)\u00a0has been declared a pandemic and the situation for children and families all over the world continues to evolve quickly. While the outbreak and its affects are unprecedented, we do know that children face an increased risk of violence in times of crisis, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18467"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18519,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18467\/revisions\/18519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}