
This report presents key findings from the second-ever VACS conducted exclusively in a humanitarian context – specifically, in refugee settings in Ethiopia.

An overview of the data found in Zanzibar's 2024 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.

An overview of the data found in Tanzania's 2024 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.

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

This factsheet showcases the main findings from the 2022 Ethiopia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS).

The Ethiopia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) provides crucial insights into the nature, prevalence, and consequences of violence against children in the country.

This report summarizes the outcomes from the Ethiopia Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) Data to Action workshop held in Addis Ababa in November 2024.

This report presents key findings from the second-ever VACS conducted exclusively in a humanitarian context – specifically, in refugee settings in Ethiopia.

This study uses data from the 2018 Lesotho VACS to explore associations between mental distress, self-harm or suicidality, and HIV risk and individual and cumulative ACEs among youth aged 13–24 in Lesotho.

Using VACS data, this study assesses the associations between ACEs and negative health outcomes and risk-taking behaviors among young adults and evaluates whether — and which — Positive Childhood Experiences moderate the association between ACEs and these outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.

Using VACS data this study estimates the prevalence of six ACE exposures and assesses their association with mental health outcomes, substance use, and violence perpetration among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa.

Using VACS data, this study assesses whether parental absence in childhood is associated with poor mental health and substance use in young adulthood among youth in sub-Saharan Africa.