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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. Stop the War on Children 2020: Gender matters

    The third report of Save the Children's Stop the War on Children campaign reveals shocking trends in the threats to the safety and wellbeing of children living in areas impacted by conflict. While fewer children are living in conflict-affected areas, thos

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Strømme, Alvhild | Sapiezynska, Ewa | Fylkesnes, Gunvor Knag | Salarkia, Keyan | ...

  7. Struggling to Survive: Unaccompanied and separated children travelling the Western Balkans Route

    The study ”Struggling to Survive” identifies and deepens the understanding of informal practices used and experiences of unaccompanied and separated migrant children during the course of their migration journey. Refugees and migrants, including unaccompan

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Save the Children North West Balkans Author(s): Jovanovic, Katarina | Besedic, Jelena

  8. Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme 4th Cycle Asia Pacific: Residential Training Report

    Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme (CPiE PDP) is a six-month capacity building programme for mid-level child protection in emergencies practitioners. In the Asia Pacific region, three cycles have been completed since 2016 a

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children

  9. Mid-level CPIE Staff Capacity Gap Analysis in the West and Central Africa Region (including Mauritania)

    The CPiE capacity gaps analysis (CGA) in the West and Central Africa (plus Mauritania) region, targeting CPiE practitioners with 3-5 years of professional experience has been conducted to collect and provide information on: Identified key CPiE capacity ga

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Zanella, Serena | De Gaspari, Manuela

  10. The Principles of Interacting with Children in Chat Work

    The guidebook produced by Save the Children Finland covers the essential principles guiding its counselling work within chat forums and online interaction with children. These principles can be applied to many other types of counselling work, and utilized

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children Finland Author(s): Turunen, Pauliina

  11. Stop the War on Children 2020 Gender Matters: The West and Central Africa brief

    This brief highlights the situation of children in conflict zones in West and Central Africa with a focus on gender. It explores how girls and boys are all increasingly affected and exposed to conflict in different ways (e.g.: recruitment into armed group

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children International

  12. First and Last Responders: Civil society strengthening in the Syria crisis

    The majority of Syria’s civil society organisations were born of the crisis as women and men in Syria and the diaspora sought to respond to the needs of their affected communities. With limited international presence, these mostly young organisations are

    Publication year: 2020 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden

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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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