All: Eastern and Southern Africa
Association between violence and mental distress, self-harm, and suicidal ideation and attempts among young people in Malawi
This study examines the relationship between exposure to violence and mental health issues among youth using a nationally representative study in Malawi.
Age at first exposure to violence and later mental health outcomes: A sex-disaggregated, multi-country analysis in sub-Saharan Africa
This study conducts a multi-country, gender-stratified analysis of the relationship between age at first incident of physical violence and outcomes of wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cycles of violence among young women in Namibia: Exploring the links between childhood violence and adult intimate partner violence from the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey
This study aimed to understand cycles of violence among adolescent girls and young women in Namibia to inform violence prevention and treatment interventions.
Parental care status and sexual risk behavior in five nationally-representative surveys of sub-Saharan African nations
This study was a secondary analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Zambia.
Namibia: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Data on school-related gender-based violence in Namibia.
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
Data on school-related gender-based violence in Uganda.
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
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.
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 sheet
Data on school-related gender-based violence in Kenya.
Mozambique: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Data on school-related gender-based violence in Mozambique.
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