July & August 2014
This report is based on the data collected during the Child Protection Assessment (CPA), carried out by the Child Protection Working Group in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok in July and August 2014. Both governmental and non-governmental agencies/organisations had contributed to the assessment: MOLSA , DOLSA,UNICEF, UNHCR, ACTED, Save the Children International, IRC, Terre Des Hommes, STEP, IMC, KCSAMA and KSC. The CPA exercise is intended to address the Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) data gaps, and assess child protection needs within the existing support mechanisms in Kurdistan in the context of the current armed conflict in Iraq. The purpose of the assessment was to gain sufficient information on the type and scale of child protection issues facing IDP children in the KRI, as well as current coping mechanisms to inform planning, programming and advocacy. Key informants included persons such as community leaders, teachers, social workers, as well as other IDP community members.
