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Five things we learned from research on child survivors of violence

Violence Against Children

By Amber Peterman, Audrey Pereira and Tia Palermo

Five things we learned from research on child survivors of violence

Understanding prevalence, characteristics and motives of disclosure, help-seeking and reporting of violence against children   Violence against children is a pervasive global phenomenon. Estimates indicate over 1 billion children under the age of 18 experience emotional, physical or sexual violence every year from a range of… Read more →←

Cinco estratégias que os governos estão utilizando para responder à violência contra mulheres e crianças durante a COVID-19

COVID-19 Evidence Evidence to Policy Violence Against Children

By UNICEF Innocenti, Alessandra Guedes, Amber Peterman, Dina Deligiorgis

Cinco estratégias que os governos estão utilizando para responder à violência contra mulheres e crianças durante a COVID-19

Embora o mundo tenha sido pego de surpresa pelo tamanho e pelas ramificações da crise da COVID-19, ele deveria estar preparado para responder aos riscos crescentes ao bem-estar e à segurança de mulheres e crianças. A violência contra as mulheres e a violência contra as crianças são disseminadas globalmente e intrinsicamente… Read more →←

Five ways governments are responding to violence against women and children during COVID-19

Evidence to Policy Violence Against Children

By Alessandra Guedes, Amber Peterman, Dina Deligiorgis

Five ways governments are responding to violence against women and children during COVID-19

While the world may have been caught off guard by the size and ramifications of the COVID-19 crisis, it should be prepared to respond to the increased risks to the wellbeing and safety of children and women. Violence against children and violence against women are widespread globally and intrinsically linked, sharing common risk factors… Read more →←

The Time Is Now! Preventing Violence Against Women and Children Requires Quality Evidence

Data and Research Events Violence Against Children

By Alessandra Guedes, Lusajo Kajula, Amber Peterman

The Time Is Now! Preventing Violence Against Women and Children Requires Quality Evidence

Reflections from the world’s premier conference on ending violence against women and violence against children from the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2019     Nearly 800 researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and activists descended on Cape Town, South Africa for the world’s key conference on ending violence… Read more →←

School bullying harms everyone, not just the victims

Data and Research Publication & data launches

By Yekaterina Chzhen

School bullying harms everyone, not just the victims

  It is no surprise that children who are bullied do worse in academic tests. However, after  re-analyzing children’s reading test data for 30 school systems in some of the world’s richest countries, we found that an environment of bullying drags everyone’s achievement down, not just that of the victims. We published our… Read more →←

Lo que sabemos y lo que no sabemos sobre las pandillas juveniles en América Latina

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By Cirenia Chávez

Lo que sabemos y lo que no sabemos sobre las pandillas juveniles en América Latina

*Nota: Esta es una traducción de la publicación original del blog en inglés: What We Know and What We Don’t Know about Youth Gangs in Latin America La violencia asociada con las pandillas en América Latina se ha convertido en una de las preocupaciones principales en algunos países de la región, sobre todo en los países del… Read more →←

What We Know and What We Don’t Know about Youth Gangs in Latin America

Data and Research Evidence

By Cirenia Chávez

What We Know and What We Don’t Know about Youth Gangs in Latin America

*This blog post has been translated into Spanish: Lo que sabemos y lo que no sabemos sobre las pandillas juveniles en América Latina Gang violence in Latin America has become one of the central security concerns in some countries of the region, including the countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America and more recently,… Read more →←

A ‘toxic cocktail’: How life on the margins can exacerbate children’s vulnerability to violence

Evidence to Policy

By Alina Potts and Lanie Stockman

A ‘toxic cocktail’: How life on the margins can exacerbate children’s vulnerability to violence

For too many children, the places where they should feel safe—at home, at school, in their communities—are the first and most frequent sites of violence. The latest data presented in UNICEF’s A Familiar Face shows, for example, that nearly 300 million children between the ages of 2 and 4 experience violent discipline by their… Read more →←

Who perpetrates violence against children? Five findings from a global review

Evidence

By Amber Peterman, Karen Devries, Claudia Cappa

Who perpetrates violence against children? Five findings from a global review

Today, global leaders gather in Stockholm, Sweden for the first ever Agenda 2030 Solutions Summit to end violence against children. The summit brings together governments, UN, civil society, academics and children themselves to share solutions to “prevent and respond to violence against boys and girls.” Underlying this meeting is a… Read more →←

When over 500 minds converge to prevent gender-based violence

Events Evidence to Policy

By Amber Peterman and Alina Potts

When over 500 minds converge to prevent gender-based violence

Late last month, over 500 researchers, policymakers, donors and activists descended on the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 5th bi-annual Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum, the largest global gathering focusing on gender-based violence (GBV) in low- and middle-income countries. The forum has become the venue to… Read more →←
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