All: Tanzania
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.
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.
Violence, SRH, health behaviors, risk, and protective factors, by level of education
Explore the results from a secondary analysis of VACS data by Together for Girls, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Global Affairs Canada.
VACS Process Paper
Linking Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys to Coordinated and Effective Action: CDC and the Together for Girls Partnership is intended to serve as a guide for countries and Together for Girls partners interested in undertaking VACS and supporting data-informed actions to address the burden and consequences of violence against children and youth.
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.
Early sexual debut: A multi-country, sex-stratified analysis in sub-Saharan Africa
This article examines the outcomes associated with early sexual debut in five sub-Saharan African countries for males and females, separately.
Attitudinal acceptance of intimate partner violence among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria and Tanzania: An exploration into target reference groups
This study examines the gendered association of acceptance of intimate partner violence across age, marital status, and education attainment — for male and female adolescents and young adults.
Lessons learned from the Together for Girls Partnership in Tanzania
Groundbreaking country-led action from a decade of the partnership’s collective work in Tanzania.
Sex and age effects in past-year experiences of violence amongst adolescents in five countries
The purpose of this study was to investigate experiences of violence by age and sex across in Cambodia, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania.
A sex-disaggregated analysis of how emotional violence relates to suicide ideation in low- and middle-income countries
This study examines how exposure to emotional violence is associated with suicide ideation in childhood and adolescence in low- and middle-income countries.
Risk factors for childhood violence and poly-victimization: A cross-country analysis from three regions
Explore this analysis looking at risk factors of childhood emotional, physical, sexual violence, and polyvictimization for children aged 13–17 from Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys across six countries.
Zanzibar: National Plan of Action to end violence against women and children 2017-2022
This National Plan of Action provides a five-year national framework for all stakeholders committed to preventing and responding to violence against women and children in Zanzibar.