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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: Protecting children in 21st century conflict

    At least 100,000 babies die every year because of conflict More children are living in areas affected by armed conflict than at any time over the past two decades. At least 550,000 babies are thought to have died as a result of armed conflict between 2013

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Graham, George | Kirollos, Mariam | Fylkesnes, Gunvor Knag | Salarkia, Keyan | ...

  7. Road to Recovery: Responding to children's mental health in conflict

    The briefing paper sets out the scale of mental health effects on children living in conflict zones and the role of education in responding to them. Latest figures reveal that 142 million children are living in high intensity conflict zones. As set out in

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children International Author(s): Cowley, Anya | Edwards, Jess | Salarkia, Keyan

  8. Impact Evaluation of the Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting Programme (PDEP)

    The Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) programme is based on the theory that a person’s behavioural beliefs determine whether the person perceives that behaviour as positive or negative. It is designed to reduce parents’ approval of physical

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden | FCG, Swedish Development AB Author(s): Balogun, Paul | Smulders, Ans | Lindström, Johanna

  9. Child Safeguarding for Cash and Voucher Assistance Guidance

    Over the past decade, the use of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) has grown considerably in international development and humanitarian contexts, being referred to by some as one of the most significant reforms in recent years. Systematic evidence has sho

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK Author(s): Amar, Judith | Hames, Hannah | Clifton, Nik

  10. Cross-Border Protection of Children on the Move in East and Southern Africa: A quick reference guide for bilateral coordination

    This Quick Reference Guide is a practical guide for all stakeholders who hope to implement a government-led, cross-border coordination mechanism for the protection of children who are unaccompanied and separated while in situations of migration or displac

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children Sweden | Save the Children International Author(s): Bertrand, Sara Lim | Castrataro, Kristen M.

  11. Unprotected: Crisis in humanitarian funding for child protection

    All children have a fundamental right to protection, but the needs of children in emergencies are far from being met. In 2018, almost 50 million children were in need of protection in humanitarian settings. Yet child protection isn’t systematically priori

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action | Save the Children I ... Author(s): Thierry, Margot

  12. “No, I Don’t”: Abolishing Child Marriage in Lebanon

    At first glance, child marriage appears less pervasive in Lebanon in comparison with other Middle Eastern states. Six percent of 20 to 24-year-old Lebanese women were married by the age of 18 as of 2009, as opposed to 18% across MENA. Nevertheless, this f

    Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): Save the Children Lebanon | Save the Children International

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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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