Violence is a major root cause of children coming into conflict with the law in the first place. This report shows that violence is a recurring theme in the lives of these children and not only after they come into conflict with the law. Part 1...
‘Listen and speak out against sexual abuse of boys and girls: 10 essential learning points’, is a Save the Children report on sexual abuse based on consultations carried out in Canada, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Romania, Spain,...
Save the Children Sweden South East Asia and the Pacific’s regional submission to the UN Secretary General’s Global Study on Violence against Children. A rights-based account of what is known (research), what is happening (legal) and...
At the end of 2004 Save the Children faced the largest natural disaster in its 85-year history. After the Indian Ocean tsunami struck, Save the Children’s staff responded immediately to the needs of children, helping many thousands of...
A publication that clearly responds to questions formulated by children and adolescents about the UN Study on Violence against Children. The booklet is based on the questions children and adolescents sent by e-mail between the months of January...
What Save the Children thinks about physical and humiliating punishment – Information for children and young people. Physical and humiliating punishment is violence against children that is done with the aim of controlling or educating...
This comparative study, written by Spanish psychologist Pepa Horno and supported by Save the Children Spain, indicates the attitudes towards, and prevalence and patterns of, physical and humiliating punishment, based on findings from a series of...
Exposure to natural disasters has a devastating impact on the psychological and social well-being of children, adolescents and adults. It is now widely accepted that early psychosocial interventions that help to mitigate the effect of trauma,...
What is the United Nations Study on Violence against Children? is a child friendly concept paper of the UN Study on Violence against children. The paper explains the United Nations (UN) Study on Violence against Children and is written mainly for...
A report put together by Save the Children’s Child Participation Working Group, showing Save the Children’s learnings from supporting children’s participation during the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on Children. It sets...