1.6 New frontiers and impact: The first-ever VACS in humanitarian settings

Welcome to Section 1.6 New frontiers and impact: The first-ever VACS in humanitarian settings!

Gloria Seruwagi, Research Uptake, Baobab Research Programme Cosortium / Population Council

In this video, Gloria introduces the Uganda Humanitarian VACS (HVACS), a survey conducted in refugee settlements in Uganda.

Gloria discusses the approach to data collection, additional constructs included in the HVACS questionnaires, and the prevalence of VAC in humanitarian contexts in Uganda.

For more resources related to the HVACS

Measuring violence against children in humanitarian settings. Implementation Guidance for a Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS).
Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) factsheet.
Violence Against Children and Youth in Humanitarian Settings: Findings from a 2022 survey of all refugee settlements in Uganda.
Rooted Reflections: Vignettes on conducting research in refugee settings.
Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey in Uganda. Dataset.

Explore Session 1:

1.1 Introduction to the VACS
1.2 The case for the VACS : Lessons from the Uganda VACS 2015
1.3 Coordinating the 2015 Uganda VACS: Key learnings
1.4 Ethics of data collection on violence and response planning
1.5 Interviewing young people about violence
1.6 New frontiers and impact: The first-ever VACS in humanitarian settings
1.7 Section 1: Conclusions and takeaways

LearnVACS course sections:

LearnVACS home page

Section 0: Welcome and overview

Section 1: VACS in context

Section 2: Analyzing data on violence

Section 3: Analyzing VACS data