Adapting programmes and services to ensure the protection of children during COVID-19

UNICEF’s Child Protection Learning Briefs aim to extract, synthesise and analyse learning on child protection risks and programme adaptation in the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to improving policy, advocacy and programme results during infectious disease outbreaks. This learning brief examines how UNICEF has supported the continuity of efforts in child protection and in protecting women and girls at risk of gender-based violence by adapting services and programmes during COVID-19. The brief is intended to assist UNICEF country offices and practitioners as they respond to the impact of infectious disease pandemics on the protection and well-being of children and families.