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Namibia school related gender based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Namibia: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Namibia.

Plos one journal
VACS journal articles

Regional heterogeneity in violence and individual characteristics associated with recent transactional sex among Ugandan girls and young women: A national and regional analysis of data from the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey

This study assessed associations between recent transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women in Uganda.

Uganda school related gender based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Uganda: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Uganda.

Journal environmental research public health
VACS journal articles

Attitudinal acceptance of intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes for female survivors in sub-Saharan Africa

This analysis employed data from 13–24-year-old females as part of the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) in Nigeria, Uganda, and Malawi.

Uganda National child policy 2020
National Action Plans

Uganda National Child Policy 2020

The National Child Policy (NCP) demonstrates the commitment by the Government of Uganda to ensure the well-being of all children. It has an institutional mechanism to ensure it is implemented in a multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary manner.

Social science and medicine
VACS journal articles

From fathers to peers: Association between paternal violence victimization and peer violence perpetration among youth in Malawi, Nigeria, and Zambia

This study specifically investigates the role of fathers and whether paternal violence victimization is associated with peer violence perpetration, above and beyond maternal violence victimization.

Kenya school related gender based violence
Fact sheets

Kenya: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Kenya.

Mozambique school related gender based violence fact sheet
Mozambique school-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Mozambique: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Mozambique.

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Lesotho school-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Lesotho school-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Lesotho: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Lesotho.

Zimbabwe school-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Zimbabwe: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Zimbabwe.

Child abuse neglect journal
VACS journal articles

Prevalence of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence and associations with mental distress in Cambodia, Malawi and Nigeria: A cross-sectional study

This study seeks to explore the magnitude of witnessing intimate partner violence between caregivers, its association with other types of violence, and the relationship between witnessing intimate partner violence in the past and current mental distress.

Bmc public health
VACS journal articles

Disclosure, reporting, and help seeking among child survivors of violence: A cross country analysis

This study explores the rarely studied prevalence and dynamics around disclosure, reporting, and help seeking behaviours of children who ever experienced physical and/or sexual violence.

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