Inter-agency child protection assessment in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok governorates
Iraq Child Protection Working Group
Highlights
This report is based on the data collected during the Child Protection Assessment, carried out by the Child Protection Working Group in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok in July and August 2014. Both governmental and non-governmental agencies/ organizations 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 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.
This report presents information collected through the individual key informant interviews in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok governorates. 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. The key informant interviews were conducted across Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah. Key informants were selected based on their understanding of the issues facing the IDP community and their insights into the lives of children affected by the conflict, as well as based on who was available from the IDP community for interviews. As a result, key informants included persons such as community leaders, teachers, social workers, as well as other IDP community members.
