There has been relatively little research into the prevalence of childhood sexual violence
(CSV) as well as the risk and protective factors for CSV in low-and middle-income countries …

Background Violence against children (VAC) is a global public health issue. In the context of
limited resources, the United Nations Development Programme has coined the concept of a …

Violence is pervasive in the world, even among those who live in the most economically
developed countries. In many Western industrialized cities, one in two children every year is …

Understanding risk factors is important to ending childhood violence and meeting
Sustainable Development Goal 16.2. To date, no study has examined patterns of risk factors …

Worldwide, it has been recognised that violence against women and violence against
children are significant human rights and public health issues, 1, 2 with WHO describing …

Disputing Discipline explores how global and local children's rights activists' efforts within
the school systems of Zanzibar to eradicate corporal punishment are changing the …

This open access book brings together discourse on children and peace from the 15th
International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, covering issues …

Violence against children is a public health issue that has implications on a child's health
and well-being throughout their lifetime. To prevent violence, it is important to understand …

The scale and extent of violence towards children in different settings is increasingly well
documented. However, few studies have attempted to draw on children's perspectives to …

Over the past 15 years, studies around the globe have conclusively established that
physical, sexual and emotional violence affecting children (VAC) is prevalent in all societies …