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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. I Support My Friends: A training for children and adolescents on how to support a friend in distress

    “I Support My Friends” builds on the principles of Psychological First Aid to equip older children and adolescents with the skills and knowledge to support their friends in distress, under the mentorship and guidance of trusted adults. The four-part resou

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund | Save the Children | ... Author(s): Hanson, Pernille | Tengnäs, Karin

  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. No Safe Haven: The plight of Rohingya children across Asia

    Wherever they are and wherever they go, Rohingya children in south and southeast Asia face discrimination, exclusion, and denial of their most basic rights. For most of these children, these challenges begin in Myanmar, where the Rohingya community has su

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Save the Children UK | ... Author(s): Haigh, Laura

  9. Working Together: Including children in research on violence against children- A Resource Pack for Research Practitioners

    The focus of the resource is not on if we will engage in participatory research, but instead on how we can best support meaningful research initiatives with children. With an explicit focus on research related to violence against children (VAC), the resou

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Global Partnership to End Violence Agains ... Author(s): Jamieson, Lucy | Feinstein, Clare | Kapell, Alana | Dulieu, Nicole

  10. LEBANON’S CHILD SURVIVAL CRISIS: TIME TO ACT

    In July 2021, Save the Children undertook a Household Economy Analysis in Greater Beirut and has found that over the last year, the survival deficit for Lebanese families has increased by 550%. This means that families from all wealth groups have been dri

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

  11. 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

  12. Married by Exception: Child marriage policies in the Middle East and North Africa

    Legal and policy measures that prevent and prohibit child marriage are a key approach  to protecting girls from being married before they are ready. To better understand how child marriage laws protect girls affected by crisis in the Middle East and North

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Mason, Claire

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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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