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Physical violence: The most common form of violence experienced by children and youth in Namibia

Physical violence is the most common form of violence experienced and witnessed by children and youth and is most often perpetrated by a parent, caregiver, or other adult relative.

Physical violence: The most common form of violence experienced by children and youth in Namibia

This brief explores the results of the 2019 the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, which found that both boys and girls experience unacceptably high rates of emotional, physical, and sexual violence in Namibia.

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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.

  • 13th February 2022
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Namibia: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Namibia.

  • 10th December 2021
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HIV prevention program eligibility among adolescent girls and young women, Namibia, 2019

This report explores results from the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) in Namibia.

  • 12th November 2021
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The long-term consequences of violence: Protecting the mental health of children and youth in Namibia

In 2019, the government of the Republic of Namibia completed a nationally-representative Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) interviewing 5,191 children and youth (13-24 years old) about their experiences of physical, sexual, and emotional violence.

  • 5th October 2021
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Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2021 (data collection 2019)

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

  • 28th September 2021
Speaking up and Speaking out: Help Needed
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Speaking up and speaking out: Help needed

This brief explores the findings from the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey in Namibia highlighting the need for children and youth to know they can report violence, and that they will be helped.

  • 19th October 2019

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African governments commit to ending violence against children

On May 11-13, 2022, senior government officials and civil society leaders from over 30 African countries gathered at the Pan-African symposium on violence prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  • 27th May 2022
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Top 10 things you should know about the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS)

Ashleigh Howard — a global health epidemiologist with expertise in violence and HIV — shares her top 10 things you should know about the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys.

  • 24th October 2019

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Understanding and preventing sexual violence

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