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TERM Alternative care 1 Case management 2 CERF Child associated with armed forces or groups 3 Child labour Child protection in emergencies GLOSSARY, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS EXPLANATION Care provided for children by caregivers who are not their biological parents. This care may take the form of informal or formal care. Alternative care may be kinship care, foster care, other forms of family-based or family-like care, residential care or supervised independent living arrangements for children. Social work-based case management is a systematic process by which a trained and supervised caseworker assesses the needs of the client and, when appropriate, assesses the client’s family; he or she will then arrange, sometimes provide, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and advocate for a package of multiple services to meet the specific client’s complex needs. The Central Emergency Response Fund is a standby fund established by the United Nations to enable more timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to survivors of disasters and complex emergencies. Any person under the age of 18 years old who is, or who has been, recruited or used by an armed force or armed group in any capacity, including but not limited to boys and girls used as fighters, cooks, porters, messengers, spies or for sexual purposes. In most contexts, the legal minimum working age is 15. Child labour is work that is unacceptable because the children involved are too young and should be in education. Alternatively, it is inappropriate because the work is harmful to their emotional, developmental, or physical wellbeing, whether they have reached the minimum age or not. Many of those involved in child labour are victims of the worst forms of child labour. These include forced or bonded labour, children associated with armed forces or armed groups, trafficking, sexual exploitation or hazardous work that causes harm to their health, safety or morals. Child protection in emergencies is defined as preventing and responding to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect of children during times of emergency caused by natural and man-made disasters, conflict or other crises. 4 Child marriage 5 A formal marriage or informal union before age 18. 6 Female genital mutilation/cutting 7 Humanitarian Coordinator Humanitarian Country Team Female genital mutilation/cutting refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The most senior United Nations official in a country experiencing a humanitarian emergency. This individual is responsible for leading and coordinating the efforts of humanitarian organizations (both UN and non-UN) with a view to ensuring that they are principled, timely, effective and efficient, and that they contribute to long-term recovery. A strategic and operational decision-making and oversight forum established and led by the Humanitarian Coordinator. Composition includes representatives from the UN, IOM, international NGOs, and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Agencies that are also designated Cluster leads should represent the Clusters as well as their respective organizations. The Humanitarian country team is responsible for agreeing on common strategic issues related to humanitarian action. 6 A MATTER OF LIFE AND <strong>DEATH</strong>: CHILD PROTECTION IN EMERGENCIES
TERM Orphan 8 Psychosocial GLOSSARY, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS EXPLANATION When the term orphan is used in this report, it refers to a child who has lost both parents as a result of death. In many countries a child who has lost one parent is considered an orphan. However, for programming purposes, if this child were to be classed as an orphan, attempts to reunify them with their existing parent would cease. Thus a clear distinction between a child with neither parent living and a child with one parent living must be made for technical reasons. The term “psychosocial” denotes the inter-connection between psychological and social processes and the fact that each continually interacts with and influences the other. The composite term mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is often used to describe any type of local or outside support that aims to protect or promote psychosocial well-being and/or prevent or treat mental disorder. Aid agencies outside the health sector tend to speak of supporting psychosocial wellbeing, while health sector agencies tend to speak of mental health (yet historically have also used the terms “psychosocial rehabilitation” and “psychosocial treatment”). Exact definitions of these terms vary between and within aid organizations, disciplines and countries. Psychosocial distress Historically it has been difficult to distinguish psychosocial distress from mental disorders as the instruments used to make diagnoses have been validated only outside emergency situations. Signs of psychological and social distress may include behavioral and emotional problems such as loss of appetite, change in sleep patterns, nightmares and withdrawal. The child tends however to be able to function in all or almost all day-to-day, normal activities. Mental disorders can be recognized by signs of impaired daily functioning. Psychological first aid 9 Psychosocial support 10 Separated children Unaccompanied children/ unaccompanied minors 11 Describes a suitable, supportive response to someone who is suffering and may need support. It is a way of communicating with and supporting an individual to help them to get better as well as a process of identifying basic practical needs and ensuring they are met. This term refers to processes and actions that promote the holistic wellbeing of people in their social world. It includes support provided by family, friends and the wider community, indicating the direct relationship between psychological wellbeing and social context. Children separated from both parents, or from their previous legal or customary primary caregiver, but not necessarily from other relatives. Primary separation is when a child is separated from his or her caregiver as a direct result of the crisis or emergency. Secondary separation occurs after the crisis when children who are not separated during the emergency become separated during the aftermath. Secondary separation is usually a consequence of the impact of the emergency on the protective structures that were in place prior to the crisis and of the deteriorated economic circumstances of a family or community. Children who have been separated from both parents and other relatives and are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom, is responsible for doing so. 7 A MATTER OF LIFE AND <strong>DEATH</strong>: CHILD PROTECTION IN EMERGENCIES
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