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Self-harm
Harm is the result of the exploitation, violence, abuse and neglect of children and can take many forms, including impacts on children's physical, emotional and behavioural development, their general health, their family and social relationships, their self-esteem, their educational attainment and their aspirations.
In some context, the term ‘significant harm’ is used within the protection system to determine the threshold of harm required before intervention by protection services can be undertaken. This approach seeks to balance the potential risk posed to the child facing the protection issue with the real risks that may come with the intervention itself.
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Children's Rights Report 2014: National Children's Commissioner
Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner, Megan Mitchell, highlights the need for further research on intentional self-harm, with or without suicidal intent, in children and adolescents. The data and analysis are based on a 2014 survey with 140 respon
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Child abuse and neglect in the UK today
This is the first report from the NSPCC's research study of child maltreatment in the United Kingdom. The findings provide the only UK-wide research-based indication of the prevalence and impact of child abuse and neglect. It was found that the rates of c
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Escucha sus voces y actúa. No más violación y violencia sexual contra niñas en Nicaragua
This report explores and examines how children, especially girls, are denied their human rights in Nicaragua, not only because of the direct actions of government functionaries, but because the State does not comply with its obligation to protect boys and
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Stop the violence! The overuse of pre-trial detention, or the need to reform juvenile justice systems. Review of evidence
A report issued by the Geneva-based Defence for Children International (DCI) relating to juvenile justice issues. One of the key activities in DCI’s juvenile justice programme is the production of 3 annual reports on this central subject. The two previous
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Leave it out. Developing anti-homophobic bullying practice in schools
Save the Children partnered with The Rainbow Project and Youthnet to produce this informational resource, geared to help change attitudes and behaviours within the school community. Leave it Out proposes that real and positive change can be achieved by fa
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It's about Disobedience: Oppression in the name of honour. Report from a series of seminars involving the Turkish women’s organisation KA-MER and the Centre for Children and Adolescents in Crisis at Save the Children Sweden
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
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The State of The Rights of the Child in Nepal- 2004
Supplementary report to Nepal's second periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This report has incorporated the state of rights of the child from January to December 2003 and the first six months of 2004 – Ja
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A Generation without Smacking. The impact of Sweden's ban against physical punishment
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which every European country has accepted, strengthens the position of children within the family and in society as a whole. Everyone who meets a child has the responsibility to treat the child with respect. C