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Every five minutes a child dies from violence. Around the world a staggering 1.7 billion children experience violence every single year. In every country and culture, children are facing abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. Violations include sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking, physical and humiliating punishment, harmful traditional practices such as early marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting and recruitment into armed forces and groups.

Every child has the right to be safe. Save the Children works to ensure that violence against children is no longer tolerated. We work with children, families, communities and societies to put in place laws, policies and services to support children, and promote social norm and attitude changes. We work to prevent and respond to all forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence affecting children.

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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

    Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

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    Fact Sheet- Child Protection in Emergencies

    Save the Children’s Child Protection Initiative (CPI) fact sheet about "Child Protection in Emergencies" looks at the the main protection dangers that children face in an emergency and how to address them. During emergencies, children run many risks. They

    Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

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    Save the Children's Child Protection Video

    The Child Protection Initiative has produced an animated video that communicates Save the Children's child protection work and the impact on children's lives as seen by children. "Violence against children is no longer tolerated" is the new Global Breakth

    Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Save the Children

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    Fact sheet- Children without appropriate care

    A Save the Children fact sheet looking at key aspects of child protection with special focus on the sub-theme "children without appropriate care", which encompasses children who are not receiving suitable, continuous and quality care, nurture and guidance

    Publication year: 2010 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

  5. Save the Children Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners

    The Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners (PFA) was developed by Save the Children Denmark for the Child Protection Initiative, to facilitate training in psychological first aid with a focus on children. It is aimed at developing

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Save the Children Denmark Author(s): Dybdal, Anne-Sophie | Melin, Mie | Terlonge, Pernille

  6. Save the Children’s COVID-19 Response: Our impact in 2020

    This report details progress on our four key pillars of the global COVID-19 response from Q2 to Q4 2020. It uses data collected from countries against each of the indicators set out in the COVID-19 response plan and uses children’s stories to highlight ou

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Hawkins, Lucy | Smith, Gabriel | Green, Charlotte

  7. Home-based Psychosocial Wellbeing Activities for Children, Teens and Parents

    This guide aims to increase children's resilience and wellbeing through activities that can be done in the home with a little support form parents and caregivers. The activities outlined in this book will support stress management, emotional learning, cre

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

  8. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Protection and Well-being of Children

    Save the Children carried out a global survey of children and their families to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the access to health, education, livelihoods and protection, and to collect the views of children. It is the most complete and exhaustive s

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Santillán, Maria Marta | Acosta, Laura

  9. Improving Working Conditions in the Informal Sector

    The Skills to Succeed program equips youth with the skills and job linkages they need to find decent jobs or start businesses. With 87% of working people in Bangladesh employed in the informal sector, the program launched a community-led initiative to imp

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

  10. Modelo Integral de Prevención y Protección Contra la Violencia Sexual

    El proceso de la documentación del modelo en el marco del proyecto de UE Save the Children Suecia (SCS) ha encargado la documentación del modelo integral, que se realiza en el marco del proyecto de la UE sobre prevención en contra de la violencia sexual,

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden | Save the Children Peru Author(s): Johansson, Sandra | Santisteban, Ruth

  11. Checklista vid Migrationsverkets Boendeavvecklingar

    Rädda Barnen träffar ofta barn som har erfarenhet av boendeavveckling och dess konsekvenser. Vi ser vikten av att lyfta deras röster och främja arbetet för att deras rättigheter ska tillgodoses. Rädda barnen har därför tagit fram denna checklista vars syf

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden Author(s): Heinig, Sara

  12. The Hidden Impact of Covid-19 on Children: A Global Research Series

    “The Hidden Impact of COVID-19 on children- A global research series” by Save the Children is the largest and most comprehensive study on the impact of COVID-19 on children. Some 13.5 thousand children and 31.5 thousand caregivers from 46 countries shared

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Burgess, Melissa | Sulaiman, Munshi | Arlini, Silvia Mila | Qaiser, Muhammad Hassan ...

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Child Protection Global Theme

Child Protection is one of five global themes prioritized by Save the Children to deliver its new strategy.

Children have an absolute right to be safe. Yet girls and boys in every country, in every culture and at every social level face forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. These violations include sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking, physical and humiliating punishment, harmful traditional practices (including early marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting) and recruitment into armed forces and groups.

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