Resources

What explains childhood violence? Micro correlates from Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys

This paper uses data on childhood violence for 10,042 individuals from Cambodia, Kenya, Swaziland, Tanzania.

Regional meeting on preventing and responding to violence in childhood

Explore the outcomes from the meeting on preventing and responding to violence in childhood in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Cambodia clinical handbook health care for children exposed to sexual abuse

Sexual violence against female and male children in the United Republic of Tanzania

This article explores the prevalence, circumstances, and health outcomes associated with childhood sexual violence.

National Plan of Action to Prevent and Respond to Violence against Children in Tanzania 2017

The five-year National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children has been developed by consolidating eight different action plans.

Nigeria: A Pathfinding country

This document sets out the pathway that Nigeria will take to achieve the goal of ending violence against children.

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

Explore Lao PDR’s Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) preliminary report.

Strengthening linkages between clinical and social/community services for children and adolescents who have experienced sexual violence: A companion guide

This document serves as a companion guide to the 2012 Clinical management of children and adolescents who have experienced sexual violence: Technical considerations for PEPFAR Programs, which provides step-by-step guidance on the appropriate clinical/forensic care for children and adolescents who have experienced sexual violence and exploitation.

Violent experiences in childhood are associated with men’s perpetration of intimate partner violence as a young adult: A multistage cluster survey in Malawi

This study examines the association between exposures to violence in childhood, including exposure to multiple forms of violence, with young men's perpetration of intimate partner violence.

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.

Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS): towards a global surveillance system

This research briefing describes the contribution VACS have made to the global understanding of violence against children.

Nigeria Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2016 (data collection 2014)

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