Violence
- What issues drive female child marriage and circumcision in Ethiopia?
- J. Boyden; A. Pankhurst; Y. Tafere / Young Lives, 2013
- Focusing on Ethiopia, this paper explores local perspectives on female child marriage and circumcision. Both practices are widespread in Ethiopia and reflect deep-rooted patriarchal and gerontocratic values regulating women’s re...
- What initiative has been taken to fight violence against children in Malawi?
- Government of Malawi, 2005
- Malawi is a signatory to a number of international human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the International Labour Organisation's conventions on minimum age for employment and on worst ...
- What is evidence of gender violence in Malawi?
- F. Leach; E. Kadzamira; E. Lemani 2004
- The paper aims at disseminating research findings, identifying suitable strategies to address abuse in schools and develop action plans, and monitoring mechanisms. The study was conducted in 33 primary schools in Chiradzulu District i...
- Monitoring and evaluation indicators for those working to address violence against women and girls
- S.S. Bloom / MEASURE Evaluation, 2008
- Over the past two decades violence against women and girls (VAW/G) has been put on the map as a critical issue to be addressed in the international arena. While many VAW/G programmatic initiatives are or have taken place around the wo...
- Physical and sexual violence is associated with multiple adverse health behaviours
- D. W. Brown; L. Riley; A. Butchart / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2009
- This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, examines associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a sample of children in five Africa...
- How to protect children from violence and abuse
- E. Jareg / Child Rights Information Network, 2008
- Save the Children developed this book as part of a package of learning materials for child rights workers about relevant measures to protect children against violence. The book discusses the different forms of violence and how t...
- An examination of the most common child injuries and how to prevent them
- M. Peden (ed); K. Oyegbite (ed); J. Ozanne-Smith (ed) / UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, 2009
- This report on child injury prevention brings together all that is currently known about the various types of child injuries and how to prevent them. At the same time, it recognises that there are major gaps in knowledge. The overall ...
- International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
- The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), founded in 1977, is a multidisciplinary international organisation that brings together a worldwide cross-section of professionals to work towards the prevention and treatment of child abuse, neglect and exploitation globally. ISPCAN advances the research and knowledge on child abuse and neglect...
- International Society for Child and Adolescent Injuries (ISCAIP)
- The International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (ISCAIP) was established in 1993 by injury specialists, researchers, policy makers, educators, medical personnel and advocates, to improve the global dialogue and action for preventing and controlling child and adolescent injuries. The Society promotes the exchange of ideas, science, and experience among members to faci...
- Reducing violence against Ethiopian school girls
- United Nations Girls' Education Initiative, 2008
- With a focus on Ethiopia, this paper identifies and analyses the types, prevalence, major causes and effects of violence against girls in schools. It also aims to assess the availability and effectiveness of policies, rules and regula...
- International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
- The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), founded in 1977, is a multidisciplinary international organisation that brings together a worldwide cross-section of professionals to work towards the prevention and treatment of child abuse, neglect and exploitation globally. ISPCAN advances the research and knowledge on child abuse and neglect...
- International Society for Child and Adolescent Injuries (ISCAIP)
- The International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (ISCAIP) was established in 1993 by injury specialists, researchers, policy makers, educators, medical personnel and advocates, to improve the global dialogue and action for preventing and controlling child and adolescent injuries. The Society promotes the exchange of ideas, science, and experience among members to faci...
- The Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolitions
- ICAHD opposes and resists Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories.
