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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. Gender-sensitive Study on Urban Child Labour in Istanbul

    A child laborer makes a most casual sight in Istanbul. In many sectors from construction to textiles, Turkey's business capital is where thousands of children go to work on any day. In this huge metropolis of over 15 million residents, child labor has lon

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Save the Children Turkey Author(s): Kayaoglu, Aysegul

  9. Parenting on the Move: Program for empowerment and promoting the development of competencies of parents of children up to 12 years of age, in situations of migrations and refugeehood

    Parenting on the Move (PoM) has been developed with the objective to support parents in situations of migration/refugeehood to provide the conditions for well-being, resilience, and education of children of kindergarten and school age. PoM provides psycho

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children North West Balkans Author(s): Mihajlović, Milena | Skarep, Angelina | Drini, Kristina | Kalezić Vignjević, Aleksan ...

  10. Save with Stories: Reaching over 7.5 million people in Egypt through celebrity engagement and online mobilisation

    On International Children’s Day in November 2020, Save the Children Egypt launched its own edition of the global Save with Stories campaign. With 25 celebrities in Egypt throwing their weight behind the campaign, Save the Children has reached over 7.5 mil

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Caitlin Smith | Sara Hassan

  11. International Adaptation Toolkit: A guide and open source resources for tackling online sexual harassment in your country

    Project deSHAME is a collaboration between Childnet (UK), Kék Vonal (Hungary), Save the Children (Denmark) and UCLan (UK). The International Adaptation Toolkit came about from the just finalized pan-European project deSHAME, which has run since 2017-2021,

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Childnet | Kék Vonal | Save the Children Denmark | UC ...

  12. Balkans Migration and Displacement Hub Data and Trend Analysis: Regional overview (October-December 2020)

    Data and Trend Analysis (DATA) Refugees and Migrants at the Western Balkans Route Regional Overview, covering period October – December 2020, describes key trends in migrations in the region, detailing information about the number of people on the move, d

    Publication year: 2021 Publisher(s): Save the Children International | Save the Children North West Balkans Author(s): Jovanovic, Katarina

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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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