There are an estimated 400,000 children in Sweden today living with one alcohol-dependent and abusive parent. A recent report on corporal punishment released by Save the Children showed that 14% of Swedish 16-year olds had at some time in their lives been

Only a fraction of the children who come from economically vulnerable households in Sweden receive the support and assistance they require from regional and municipal authorities. The actual number of children attending support groups has decreased somewh

120 children and young people living in family homes were surveyed by Save the Children Sweden to find out how they perceive their involvement in the child welfare system. The results are discouraging. 65 per cent declare that as a rule they do not meet t

This report is the result of work at the Centre for Girls in Conflict Between Two Cultures, a unit within the Centre for Children and Adolescents in Crisis. It was set up as a means of using the professional knowledge of psychotherapists to help girls who

We can easily talk about legislation, integration or segregation. But when people with a foreign background say they feel that they have been unfairly discriminated against, conversations usually come to a standstill. This study, commissioned by Save the

After the murder of Fadime Sahindal, a young Kurdish woman living in Sweden who became the victim of an honour killing by her father, more attention has been focused on girls living in conflict due to the fundamentalist backgrounds of their families. The