All: How are youth activists using data to fight gender-based violence?

Child abuse neglect journal
VACS journal articles

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.

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.

Global public health journal
VACS journal articles

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.

Sexual violence against children and youth fact sheet
Fact sheets

Sexual violence against children and youth fact sheet

Learn more about sexual violence against children, adolescents, and youth with data from the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS), including data on prevalence and perpetration.

Sexual violence against girls and HIV fact sheet
Fact sheets

The intersection of sexual violence against girls and HIV fact sheet

Learn about the intersection of sexual violence against girls and HIV in this fact sheet.

Lancet journal
VACS journal articles

Gender norms and health: Insights from global survey data

This article explores how the use of innovative approaches to analyzing proxies for gender norms, generated evidence that gender norms impact the health of women and men across life stages, health sectors, and world regions.

Bmj paediatrics open journal
VACS journal articles

Who perpetrates violence against children? A systematic analysis of agespecific and sex-specific data