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Psychosocial health
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Well-being and resilience after the tsunami. Evaluation of Terre des hommes Psychosocial Programme in Sri Lanka 2005 – 2007. Final report
An evaluation of the Terre des hommes Foundation two year post-tsunami psychosocial project in Sri Lanka carried out by the Centre for Humanitarian Psychology between 2005 and 2006, in the wake of the natural disaster that hit Sri Lanka in the 2004 Indian
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Act, support and protect. South Asia Forum for Ending Violence against Children
This booklet describes, in a child-friendly way, outcomes of the South Asia Forum for Ending Violence Against Children held in Pakistan in July 2006. It summarises discussions on early marriage and physical and psychological punishment held by 12 children
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Violencia en los pupitres
School violence is a taboo subject in Venezuelan society. How many acts of violence and aggressions are actually being committed in schools around the country? No one knows precisely, but there is a perceived increase in the level of school violence. "Vio
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Bearing the brunt again. Child Rights Violations during Operation Cast Lead
This joint report by Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights and Defence for Children International, illustrates the scale and range of serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by the Israeli army during Operation Cast Le
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Workers in the Shadows: Abuse and exploitation of child domestic workers in Indonesia
This report documents how hundreds of thousands of girls in Indonesia, some as young as 11, are employed as domestic workers in other people’s households, performing tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and child care. Most girls interviewed for the
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Youth Soldiering: An integrated framework for understanding psychosocial impact
A pervasive characteristic of contemporary political violence is that youth, mostly between the ages of 14 and 18 years, are prominent actors in these hostilities. Seventy-two (72) different parties to armed conflict currently use children as soldiers. Th
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Life on the edge: The struggle to survive and the impact of forced displacement in high risk areas of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Increasing numbers of families living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) are being displaced as a result of evictions, house demolitions, land confiscation and military operations. This study approaches the problem of the living conditions in hig
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Arbetsbok för barn och ungdomar som upplevde flodvågen. En praktisk handledning för dem som arbetar med barn och unga som var med om flodvågskatastrofen.
A training manual for the children and young people who survived the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster of December 2004. It serves as a practical guide for those who work with the children and adolescents who returned to Sweden and Norway after
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Positive discipline techniques- Regional capacity building and advocacy workshop to replace corporal/physical and humiliating and degrading punishment of girls and boys
This report covers the Regional Capacity Building and Advocacy Workshop on Positive Discipline Techniques to Replace Corporal/Physical and Humiliating and Degrading Punishment of Girls and Boys, held at Jaipur, India, between 19th- 23rd April, 2004. The w
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Estilos de crianza y cuidado infantil en Santiago de Chile. Algunas reflexiones para comprender la violencia educativa en la familia
This publication presents the use of parental child rearing practices of children between 4- 9 years of age in the metropolitan area of the Chilean capital, particularly the infliction of corporal punishment. It contrasts models of child-rearing used by p
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Behind the screen. An inside look at gender inequality in Asia
Gender inequality has planted its roots deeply and strongly alongside Asian ways of living. Together with poverty and other social issues such as child marriage and child labour, the disparity becomes dominant, preventing millions of girls, particularly i
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Baby-dumping and infanticide- Monograph No. 1
Infanticide and baby-dumping are crimes, but these acts are also cries for help. New mothers – especially young mothers – may feel overwhelmed by the idea of parenthood. They may have difficulty coping with the drastic physical and emotional changes they