CV of Anil Raghuvanshi Child Protection Expert

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Anil Raghuvanshi
Tel: + 234 814 137 5799 (Nigeria), + 977 9813 404 675 (Nepal)
Email: anil.raghuvanshi@gmail.com, araghuvanshi@unicef.org,
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Sex: Male Date of Birth: 12 Nov 1960 Marital Status: Married Nationality: Nepalese
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1. Child Protection in EmergenciesManager, UNICEF Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria (5 November 2015 –
date)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 3 Child Protection Specialists – P3 and P2, 2 Child Protection Specialists –
NOB & Consultants in three locations
- Manage Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) response in the Northeast Nigeria; Ensure timely implementation
of programme in accordance with the Rolling Work Plan and milestones
- Oversee Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism for grave violations against children in the North-East Nigeria
- Scale up interventions for Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG); Support their
reintegration; Oversee assessment on community perceptions on children associated with armed groups,
including on the girls/women victims of sexual violence and children born out of such violence
- Scale up identification, registration and case management of Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC),
strengthen appropriate alternative care and family reunification of UASC
- Develop and scale up Mine Risk Education (MRE) for children in the Northeast Nigeria
- Oversee operationalisation of the Child Protection Information Management System (IMS) & ensure synergy with
the Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS); Strengthen prevention and response
mechanisms for Violence against Children (VAC) and GBV through community based child protection committees
and building capacity of the police, family court magistrates and social welfare officers to handle VAC cases
- Develop partnership with Civil Society Organizations and Government for programme implementation; Undertake
Programme Monitoring Visits/meetings; Collect baseline data and periodic data to ensure progress
- Contribute child protection inputs to Nigeria Humanitarian Needs Overviews and Humanitarian Response Plans
- Manage CPiE team at the Country and State levels; Human resource planning and recruitment
- Prepare funding proposals and donor reports; Manage donor funds to ensure timely expenditure, compliance with
donor rules, visibility compliance and timely submission of donor reports
- Submit child protection inputs for weekly & monthly SitReps; co-chair Child Protection sub-sector Working Group
2. Child Protection Team Leader, AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Zalingei, Central Darfur, Sudan (5
Dec 2010 – 4 November 2015)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 1 International and 4 National staff, in 2 locations
- Lead child protection programme and the sector team in the Central Darfur
- Monitoring & Reporting of Six Grave Violations against Children as guided by the UN Security Council Resolutions
on protection of children in armed conflicts, particularly the UN SC Resolution 1612
- In collaboration with UNICEF, established a Monitoring & Reporting Mechanism Working Group (MRM WG) in the
Central Darfur State & co-chaired the monthly MRM WG meetings
- Mainstreaming of children's concerns across UNAMID with military, police and civilian components
- Advocacy for the integration of children's concerns in the peace process, post-conflict recovery and reconstruction
- Representation in Working Groups on Protection, Child Protection and GBV
- Collaborate with the parties to the conflict for commitment to time-bound Action Plans to end recruitment and use
of child soldiers and call for measures to address other grave violations against children in accordance to the UN
Security Council Resolution 1539
- Trained more than 4,000 peacekeepers (military, police & civilian staff), Sudanese Government officials (including
military & police), community groups (community policing volunteers & youth) and former non-state party members
- Participated in verification of a former non-state party combatants for identification of child soldiers
- Prepared daily, weekly & monthly situation reports and contributed in preparation of quarterly Global Horizontal
Notes and annual reports
3. Senior Child Protection Programme Manager, Plan International, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Jul 2010 - Dec 2010)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 5 International and 20 National Staff, in 4 locations
- Technical and management leadership on child protection, including oversight of programme budgets
- Programme planning, designing, fund raising and ensure timely implementation of projects
- Emergency child protection response through 30 Child-Friendly Spaces & Child Protection Committees
- Oversee GBV, psycho-social and anti-trafficking project implementation
- Develop tools and manuals for research, M&E, training and advocacy

- Collect, analyze and document information relating to basic protection issues and local community protection
mechanisms, especially amongst children, young people, families and communities affected by the earthquake
- Develop/strengthen partnerships with the government, I/NGOs, UN agencies, private sector and child/youth groups
as well as in Child Protection Sub-Cluster meetings
- Mainstreaming of child protection with other sectoral programme interventions
- Prepare progress reports, donor reports, funding proposal and concept notes
4. Child Protection Technical Advisor, Save the Children UK, Freetown, Sierra Leone (May 2009 – Jun 2010)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 2 International Volunteers
- Technical assistance to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs (MSWGCA) and NGOs to
strengthen national child protection system, develop plans to implement child rights legal frameworks with special
reference to the Child Rights Act (CRA); Support for establishment of the central information unit in the MSWGCA
- Capacity building of Child Rights Coalition – Sierra Leone (CRC-SL), a civil society coalition
- Assisted in preparation of alternative reports on implementation of CRC Optional Protocols to Sale of Children &
Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict information; co-authored and finalized the alternative reports
- Developed operational guidelines for Child Welfare Committees for the National Child Rights Steering Committee
- Developed a training pack on child protection legal case management for community structures & service providers
- Assistance in harmonization of CRA with Gender Acts, harmonization of minimum age of marriage in the laws and
define minimum age for sexual consent; mapping of child protection systems in Sierra Leone
- Analysed the Sierra Leone national budget allocation for children
- Promoted & facilitated children’s participation in national processes through children’s networks and clubs
- Linked field activities to national level & strengthen decentralized child protection systems
- Strengthened strategic relations with policy makers, government, UN, I/NGOs & children’s groups
- Prepared progress reports, donor reports, funding proposal and concept notes
5. Child Protection Specialist / Coordinator (Emergency), UNICEF, Yangon, Myanmar (1 Oct 2008 – 31 Mar 2009)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 3 International CP Specialists (Psycho-social, FTR & Case Management),
6 National Staff, in 4 locations
- Coordination of emergency child protection response in areas affected by cyclone Nargis in coordination with child
protection sub-cluster members; Monitored CP response in all locations using standardized monitoring matrices
- Coordinated more than 120 Child-Friendly Spaces; Prepared plans for CFS phase-out & transformation to ECCD
Centres and Community Child Protection Centres
- Identification & registration of separated/unaccompanied children, family tracing & reunification, community -based
interim care & support to vulnerable families to prevent secondary separations
- Establishment and functioning of 219 community child support groups & their capacity development on prevention,
monitoring and referral for child protection as well as preparation of community maps
- Prepared income generation strategy for more than 5,000 care-givers of vulnerable children
- Developed post-emergency recovery strategy, monthly SitReps, annual work plan, 60-Day emergency response
plan, inputs to annual report, Child Protection Monitoring Matrix against 180-Day Plan & 6 donor reports
- Strengthening of child protection systems in emergencies; mapped services and referral mechanisms; strengthened
community-based child protection support groups; reinforced monitoring & reporting
- Collaborated with the Department of Social Welfare, other Government Departments, local authorities, UN, INGOs,
NGO partners and communities on emergency child protection strategies and interventions
6. Child Protection Specialist/ Unit Head (Child Protection & Young Child Survival) & Emergency Focal Point,
UNICEF, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Nov 2007 - Aug 2008)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 2 National Project Officers, 3 Project Assistants, 6 International Consultants
(at different times) & 1 Intern
- Led Inclusive Basic and Child Protection Services Unit (Child Protection & Young Child Survival)
- Chaired the coordination group on child justice & provided technical support to the juvenile justice steering
committee to implement the national strategy on juvenile justice; technical inputs to draft the Juvenile Justice Bill
- Technical cooperation for the State & Entity governments in policy development, implementation and monitoring
(child justice, children without parental care & violence against children), young child survival and social inclusion
- Implemented a joint project with UNFPA on GBV & child abuse - referral mechanism development & piloting
- Technical cooperation to the Government in strengthening child protection system
- Advocacy and capacity building of NGOs on child protection
- Budget holding responsibility; Prepared proposals, donor reports, work plans, project concepts & inputs for reports
- Emergency focal point – prepared and updated Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, SitRep on
Food/Fuel Price increase & updated monthly online Early Warning and Early Action System

7. Child Protection Sector Head, Save the Children, Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Jul 2006 - Oct 2007)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 4 International Programme Managers/Advisors, 6 Child Protection
Specialists, 18 Project Officers, 6 International Consultants & 2 Interns, in 3 locations
- Led overall emergency child protection response in Post-Tsunami Aceh
- Programme strategy development and implementation; coordinated with the government, IASC, international
organizations & NGOs
- Oversaw functioning of 64 Child-Friendly Spaces; CFS phase-out
- Oversaw Family Tracing and Reunification, child protection database system, psycho-social response & ECCD
- Coordinated and provided technical support to research studies and assessments of children’s homes, quality of
care in children’s homes, child-led research on their care system; developed a campaign on family-based care for
children together with government, UNICEF and international organizations
- Developed strategy and plans for transition of emergency response to longer-term development programme
- Facilitated child-led initiatives (supported establishment of children’s radio station, children’s photography, child-led
research, child-led DRR, etc)
- Establishment of community-based multi-sectoral child support networks
- Technical cooperation for building capacity of the government and NGOs on strengthening child protection system
- Promoted institutionalization of child safeguarding policy within the Aceh programme team
- Procurement Committee Member – representative of programme units
8. Deputy Director, ECPAT International, Bangkok, Thailand (Nov2003 - Jun 2006)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 10 International Programme Officers, 4 Finance/Admin Officers/Assistants,
4 Communication Officers/Assistants, 6 International Consultants, & 4 interns, in the International Secretariat of
ECPAT
- Strategy development, policy formulation, planning, advocacy and programme implementation for promotion of
Stockholm Agenda for Action against commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) - over US $ 3 million
- Oversaw operation, human resources, financial management, communication, campaign & IT
- Developed systems & guidelines for recruitment, training plans, code of conduct & communication plan
- Coordinated a three-country research on prostitution of boys – in India, Bangladesh & Pakistan
- Provided technical support to researches, projects and campaigns for protecting children from sexual exploitation
- Acted as the South Asia Focal Point - programme management; long distance support to ECPAT members
- Deputised for the Executive Director & representation in international, regional and national forums
- Developed a concept paper on ethical issues related to research with children & Ethical Code of Conduct
- Coordinated the South Asia Mid-term Review of Yokohama Commitment on CSEC the UN Study on Violence
against Children, liaising with UNICEF, ILO-IPEC, Save the Children, UN, INGOs Committee
9. National Project Coordinator, Trafficking in Children - South Asia, Time-Bound Programme, ILO-IPEC,
Kathmandu, Nepal (Jun 2002 - Nov 2003)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 1 Programme Officer, 2 Project Assistants, 6 Consultants & 3 Interns
- Developed strategies, plans and programmes for protection of children from trafficking
- Coordinated with the South Asia sub-regional trafficking project countries
- Technical support to the government on development of child protection policy
- Advocacy for promotion of ILO Conventions related to child labour, particularly ILC Nos. 182 & 138
- Provided technical support to the government, NGOs, private sector, child/youth groups
- Built capacity of Central Child Welfare Committee to monitor and coordinate programmes in all 75 districts of Nepal
- Initiated development of minimum standards for institutional residential care for children
- Facilitated Non-formal Education classes (500) for more than 12,000 children at risk of trafficking
- Supported & strengthened anti-trafficking unit of the Ministry of Women, Children & Social Welfare
- Coordinated, managed & provided technical support for mapping& researchstudies oninternal traffickingof children;
and; young girls working in cabin and dance restaurants
- Village Vigilance Committees formed to prevent girls & boys from being trafficked
- Supported psycho-social post-graduate diploma course to work with child victims of trafficking
10. National Coordinator (GMC//UNGASS & CP in Emergency), SC-UK, Kathmandu, Nepal (Dec 2000 - May 2002)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 4 Media and Web Consultants
- Coordinated activities of Global Movement for Children (GMC) & UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
(UNGASS) with the inter-agency coordination group
- Mobilized I/NGOs, UN agencies, government, children, private sector & media to support the GMC
- Coordinated “Say Yes for Children” campaign; social mobilization to support GMC

- Coordinated with CRIN, Save the Children Alliance, UNICEF & GMC Secretariat
- Coordinated establishment & maintenance of a national web site on GMC
- Facilitated child participation at local, national and global level; coordinated National Children’s Fair in Nepal -
Children interacted with members National Planning Commission, government officials, police, judges, teachers,
journalists, corporate leaders, NGO workers, public and children
- Coordinated preparation of national Emergency Preparedness Plan for Save the Children Alliance
11. Regional Programme Manager, Save the Children UK, Pokhara, Nepal (May 1999 - Dec 2000)
No. and kind of employees supervised: 1 Dy. Regional Manager, 10 Programme/Project Officers & 4 Support Staff
- Led, manage & supervise the regional team as the head of the regional office
- Responsible for operation and management of the regional office
- Promotedchildrights, gender equality, focusingonchildprotectionfrom sexual & labour exploitation, abuse, neglect,
violence and discrimination
- Developed capacities of District Child Welfare Committees on coordination & monitoring
- Facilitatedchildren/youths’ participationinplanning& decisionmaking; theatrefor development, AppreciativeInquiry
with children in slums, children’s video film production on safe environment for girls, school programme to make
public spaces safer for girl children
- Implemented projects to support inclusion of children with disability in the mainstream education
- Facilitated and coordinated visit of British Princess - Her Royal Highness Princess Royal Anne to project sites and
made special presentations on child rights promotion projects
12. Sr. Project Assistant, UNICEF Country Office, Kathmandu, Nepal (Jan 1994 - May 1999)
No. and kind of employees supervised: None
- Supported Child Protection Unit on programme development, implementation and monitoring
- Initiated & coordinated anti-trafficking project with Nepal Police
- Assisted in capacity development of District Child Welfare Committees child rights promotion and monitoring
- Coordinated, managed research studies on child protection
- Organized multi-media campaigns for awareness raising on child rights & promotion of UN CRC and CEDAW
- Coordinated training on child rights for lawyers and social workers
- Facilitated documentaries on trafficking of children for the 1st
World Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children
13. Short Assignments (1990 – 1993)
- Programme Officer, Primary Health Care Project, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Team Member, Evaluation of Manual for Field Workers, UNFPA, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Team Member, Strengthening NGO Management, UNDP, Kathmandu, Nepal
RESOURCE PERSON
- MRM Technical Training, Zalingei, Central Darfur, Sudan (April 2015)
- CP Advisers Specialization Course, UN DPKO, Entebbe, Uganda (Nov 2014)
- Training of Training on Child Protection Legal Case Management, Sierra Leone (May 2010)
- Child Rights Training for Parliamentarian Human Rights Committee Members, Sierra Leone (Sep 2009)
- “Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys”, ECPAT International, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Sep 2005)
- “Support for the Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation”, Australian Federal Police, Bangkok, Thailand (Mar 2004)
- VideoFilm Production Training for School Children; “Theatre for Development” Training for Child Clubs; Appreciative
Inquiry Training for Child Researchers: SC-UK, Pokhara, Nepal (1999-2000)
RESEARCH / STUDY / EVALUATION
- Mapping of 114 Child-Friendly Spaces for transformation & phase-out, UNICEF, Myanmar (2009)
- Child-led Research on their Care System, Save the Children, Aceh, Indonesia (2006-2007)
- “Direct Support to Children”, research coordinator, Save the Children, Aceh, Indonesia (2007)
- Situational Analysis Research on Prostitution of Boys in Bangladesh, India & Pakistan, ECPAT International (2006)
- Mapping of Districts prone to Child Trafficking, ILO-IPEC, Nepal (2002)
- Situation Analyses on Trafficking, Child Labour & Disability: National Planning Commission (1996-98)
- Baseline survey on primary health in communities Bhaktapur district, Nepal (1993)
- Assessment of Manual for Field Workers (member of the Assessment Team), UNICEF/UNFPA, Nepal (1992)
PUBLICATIONS & TECHNICAL PAPERS
- Child Protection Case Management Training Pack, Save the Children, 2010
- Contributed in preparing Sierra Leone Alternative Reports on Optional Protocols to the UNCRC (OPAC & OPSC),
Save the Children, 2009
- Operational Guidelines for Child Welfare Committees, Save the Children, Sierra Leone, 2009
- From withdrawal to integration: A long and complex process, the lead article, ECPAT Newsletter, January 2004
- Various articles on child protection, child rights and social movement in national & international publications

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Child Protection Rapid Assessment ToT, UNICEF & CP Working Group, New York, USA (Apr-May 2015)
- Child ProtectionAdvisers SpecializationCourse, UNDPKO/AustrianStudyCentreforPeaceand Conflict Resolution,
Entebbe, Uganda (Nov 2014)
- ToT Course on Child Protection, UN DPKO/Swedish Armed Forces International Centre, Sweden (Aug 2014)
- Protection of Civilians, International Peace Support Training Centre, Nairobi, Kenya (Mar-Apr 2011)
- Labour Dimension of Trafficking, International Training Centre, ILO, Turin, Italy (Oct 2010)
- Social Protection focusing on Vulnerable Children, UNICEF, Yangon, Myanmar (Dec 2008)
- SE Europe Emergency Preparedness & Response, UNICEF RO CEE/CIS, Dubrovnik, Croatia (June 2008)
- Advocacy for Child Protection, ECPAT International, Bangkok, Thailand (2004)
- Development of Monitoring and Evaluation System, ECPAT International, Bangkok, Thailand (2004)
- Emergency Preparedness: SC-UK Emergency Unit, Bangkok, Thailand (Feb-Mar 2002)
- “Theatre for Development”: SC-UK Regional Office for South and Central Asia, Nepal (Oct -Nov 1999)
- Appreciative Inquiry: Save the Children – UK & Karuna Management, Kathmandu, Nepal (Apr & Sep 1999)
- “Psycho-social Interventions”: Child Hope Asia, UNICEF & Vietnam Government, Hanoi, Vietnam (Sep 1997)
- TOT on CRC, CEDAW: UNICEF / INHURED International, Nepal (Sep & Nov 1996)
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- Management & Leading Teams(Leadership, performance management, emotional intelligence, communication,
change management & team dynamics): e-Cornell, Cornell University, USA (Aug – Dec 2009)
- Development StudiesSchool (human rights, rights based programming, child protection, child participation, child
psychology, macro-economics, gender & sexuality): SC-UK, Office of South & Central Asia Region, Kathmandu,
Nepal
- MBA: Shankar Dev Campus, Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal
- Bachelor of Science: Tri-Chandra Campus, TU, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Certificate Level in Science: Amrit Campus, TU, Kathmandu, Nepal
- "O" Level - English Writing and Composition: Institute of International Languages, TU, Kathmandu, Nepal
LANGUAGES: English, Nepali, Newar language, Hindi & Urdu. French, Japanese and Bahasa Indonesia (Basic)

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