All: A look back at the first Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) in Eswatini

Eswatini VACS Report 2022 cover image
VACS reports

Eswatini Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2022 (data collection 2021)

Explore the data in Eswatini's Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.

Eswatini Priority Indicator Report 2022
VACS reports

Eswatini Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) Priority Indicator Report 2022

Explore the data in Eswatini's Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) Priority Indicator Report.

Power of Data to Action
This report was supported by USAID's HEARD Project, USAID, CUNY SPH, Implementation Science Collaborative, Together for Girls, and URC.
Technical reports

The power of Data to Action: Country experiences and lessons following Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys

This resource provides evidence that VACS data and associated processes contribute to meaningful policy change and action to end violence against children and adolescents and gender-based violence.

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Journal global health
VACS journal articles

Emotional abuse of girls in Swaziland: Prevalence, perpetrators, risk and protective factors, and health outcomes

This article explores the analysis of the associations between emotional abuse and putative risk, and protective factors and health outcomes.

Psychology Health Medicine journal
VACS journal articles

What explains childhood violence? Micro correlates from Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys

This paper uses data on childhood violence for 10,042 individuals from Cambodia, Kenya, Swaziland, Tanzania.

Journal of epidemiology and global health
VACS journal articles

A national survey of childhood physical abuse among females in Swaziland

Explore this study on the scope and characteristics of childhood physical abuse in Swaziland.

Bulletin of the WHO
VACS journal articles

Risk factors associated with sexual violence towards girls in Swaziland

This article explores risk factors for sexual violence in childhood in a nationally representative sample of females aged 13 to 24 years in Swaziland.

Lancet journal
VACS journal articles

Sexual violence and its health consequences for female children in Swaziland: A cluster survey study

This study looks at the prevalence and circumstances of sexual violence in girls in Swaziland, and assesses the negative health consequences.

Eswatini country fact sheet
Fact sheets

Eswatini Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) fact sheet 2007

Eswatini VACS Report 2007
VACS reports

Eswatini Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2007

Explore the data in Eswatini's Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.