Summary

A "Joint statement on advancing child-sensitive social protection" has been agreed upon by several international organizations: DFID, HelpAge International, Hope & Homes for Children, Institute of Development Studies, International Labour Office, Overseas Development Institute, Save the Children UK, UNDP and UNICEF.

The joint statement aims to build greater consensus on the importance of child-sensitive social protection. It lays out the particular vulnerabilities that children and families face and the ways in which social protection can affect children even when not focused on them, and outlines principles and approaches for undertaking child-sensitive social protection. In the time to come, the hope is that the statement will support further dialogue among stakeholders on the evolving policy and programming aspects of child-sensitive social protection.