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Fact Sheet- Child Protection
A fact sheet looking at several aspects of child protection and the needs and priorities of vulnerable children. Children in every country, every culture and at every social level face various forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. The abuse
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Why didn't they tell us? On sexual abuse in child pornography
Under the aegis of Save the Children Sweden, the first reports about child pornography and child prostitution in Sweden appeared in 1991 and 1994 (55, 56). After the discovery of the Huddinge child pornography ring, there was an intensified debate about c
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Violence faite aux enfants en milieu scolaire au Mali
This joint publication by Plan and Save the Children is based on a field survey conducted in 2009 on the perceptions of local communities regarding school violence. Aimed at policy makers, civil society organisations, local communities, families and child
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Defining Success: Developing Locally Meaningful Indicators for Child-centered Psychosocial Programming in Uganda
How can we measure the impact of community-based psychosocial programs on the sustained well-being of children and families? This question was addressed by the Child Protection in Crisis Learning Network through its 2010 ethnographic study in Uganda. Inte
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Vägen ut från familjevåld
Each year thousands of women and girls fall victim to threats, violence and oppression in close relationships, and in the name of honour. Very few victims report domestic violence to authorities or seek help, in many cases due to a lack of knowledge about
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Equal Protection for Children. An overview of the experience of countries that accord children full legal protection from physical punishment
In the UK, the continued existence of the defence allowing parents to use ‘reasonable chastisement’ when disciplining their children remains a barrier to fully respecting children as human beings in their own right. This report, published by NSPCC, seeks
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Corporal punishment of children in Ethiopia [Desk review]
Save the Children Sweden-Ethiopia (SCS Ethiopia) has made the protection of children from physical and humiliating punishment one of its top priority areas of involvement. Research studies have established that physical and humiliating punishment is highl
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Working with children and their environment. Manual of psychosocial skills
A new manual developed by Terre des hommes (Tdh) answers pressing questions: which are the skills needed by professionals working with children? How can they be improved and afterwards assessed? Because today we know that special skills are required to be
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“Prefiero que me peguen con palo... las notas son sagradas” Percepciones sobre disciplina y autoridad en una secundaria pública en el Perú
This working paper discusses views and experiences of discipline and punishment in everyday schooling among a group of boys and girls aged between 14 and 16 years old attending a public high school in an urban Andean city in Peru. It draws on data collect
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Children in hazardous work. What we know- What we need to know
This report reviews the current state of knowledge concerning children in hazardous work and presents the case for a new focus on the issue as part of the wider global effort to eliminate the worst forms of child labour. The report highlights recent globa
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En la violencia de género no hay ni una sola víctima. Atención a los hijos e hijas de mujeres víctimas de violencia de género
The report, which is part of Save the Children's campaign "En la violencia de género no hay ni una sola víctima", seeks to draw attention to the plight of children who witness gender and domestic violence: the invisible victims. There may be as many as 80
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Tillfälligt uppbrott- unga berättar. Om att rymma eller kastas ut hemifrån
A follow up of previous Save the Children reports about children who see no other solution to difficult domestic situations than to run away from home – either on their own initiative or because parents who are unable to assume their responsibilities thro