South East Asia

The Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS): Using VACS data to drive programmes and policies

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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.

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.

Associations between mental distress, poly-victimization, and gender attitudes among adolescent girls in Cambodia and Haiti: An analysis of Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys

This study aims to explore the effects of poly-victimisation and gender attitudes on mental distress and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls in Cambodia and Haiti.

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.

Lao PDR Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2018 (data collection 2014)

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

Infographic: Ending violence against children in Lao PDR

Using infographics, this document visualizes the findings of the national Violence against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) in Lao PDR.

Priority actions: ending violence against children in Lao PDR 2018

Priority actions from a multi-sectoral response to Lao's national Violence against Children Survey (VACS).

Cambodia National Action Plan

Lao PDR Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) preliminary report 2016 (data collection 2014)

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Childhood sexual violence against boys: A Study in three countries

This study sought to produce the first internationally comparable estimates of the magnitude, characteristics, risk factors, and consequences of sexual violence against boys in three countries.

Cambodia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) fact sheet 2014 (data collection 2013)

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

Core commitments to prevent and respond to violence against children in Cambodia

This document outlines the government of Cambodia’s core commitments to prevent and respond to violence against children leading to the development of a National Action Plan on violence against children in Cambodia.

The economic burden of the health consequences of violence against children in Cambodia

This study estimates the health and economic burden of violence against children in Cambodia, addressing a significant gap in the current evidence base.

Cambodia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2013

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

From research to action: Advancing prevention and response to violence against children

This report summarizes the content and recommendations that emerged from the Global Meeting on Violence against Children in Ezulwini, Swaziland, 2014.