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Psychosocial health
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Disciplining children with kindness. A Shiite Shari'a perspective
UNICEF is assisting countries all over the world to prevent violence against children and has worked with the government of Iran since 2005 in addressing child abuse. Cooperation includes technical assistance in legal reform, training of health workers on
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The Lives of Children Heading Families
Developed while researching child-headed households in five Ethiopian towns and their rural surroundings, this book presents the experiences and stories of individual child household heads. The stories are a sample of experiences of millions of children l
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Psychosocial care & protection of children in emergencies: A Field Guide
This Field Guide to Psychosocial Programs in Emergencies is an introduction to psychosocial care and protection and a valuable tool to field staff. It is one of a series compiled through its Children and War Capacity Building Initiative. Through this init
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Family Violence and Child Abuse in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Cases of Colombia and Mexico
Domestic or family violence is, unfortunately, a common form of violence affecting the lives of victims and the development prospects of countries. It has been estimated that more than 6 million children suffer abuse and more than 80,000 die each year as
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Violence against children. The Voices of Ugandan Children and Adults
This publication discusses a research study in 2004 undertaken in five districts in Uganda. Over 1400 children discuss the various types of violence they experience at home, schools and in the community as well as how it makes children feel and their idea
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For the price of a bike: child trafficking in Togo
The trafficking of children is one of the most severe violations of human rights in the world today, involving over 1,000,000 children worldwide and hundreds of thousands of children in West Africa alone. This report looks into the extent, causes, forms a
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Corporal/Physical and Psychological Punishment of Girls and Boys in South and Central Asia Regions
This publication is a contribution to the United Nations Study on violence against children and aims to be a useful resource for understanding the issue of physical and psychological punishment of children in South Asia. It explains the causes, the nature
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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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Impact of parents' migration on children left at home
An analysis of the impact of migration on left behind children, which aims to get as clear an idea as possible of the situation of children whose family members go abroad to earn money due to the lack of employment opportunities. The increasing number of
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Good practices guide for assisting children who were trafficked to sexual exploitation purposes
Romania has become a sending and transit country for victims of trafficking. Children, women and persons with disabilities are sold and exploited in various countries (former Yugoslavian states, Western and Asian countries). Such a disturbing increase in
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Emergencies and the psychosocial care and protection of affected children (Concept paper)
A concept paper presented by Save the Children Sweden, entitled: "Emergencies and the psychosocial care and protection of affected children", covering the topic of children's right to psychosocial support in emergency settings. Exposure to acute emergency
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Lucha contra el castigo físico en la familia. Manual de información
'Family is where corporal punishment is most frequent'. The objective of this handbook is to prevent corporal punishment within the family setting and to set the foundations for a positive relation between parents and children. The publication is part of