All: Top 10 things you should know about the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS)

VACS Process Paper cover
Technical reports

VACS Process Paper

Linking Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys to Coordinated and Effective Action: CDC and the Together for Girls Partnership is intended to serve as a guide for countries and Together for Girls partners interested in undertaking VACS and supporting data-informed actions to address the burden and consequences of violence against children and youth.

Kenya school related gender based violence
Fact sheets

Kenya: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Kenya.

Côte d'Ivoire school related gender based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Côte d’Ivoire: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Côte d'Ivoire.

  • EN, FR
Mozambique school related gender based violence fact sheet
Mozambique school-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Mozambique: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Mozambique.

  • EN, PT
Zimbabwe school-related gender-based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Zimbabwe: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Data on school-related gender-based violence in Zimbabwe.

Educational development journal
VACS journal articles

The negative impact of violence on children’s education and well-being: Evidence from Northern Nigeria

This study provides comprehensive evidence on the negative effects of physical, sexual, and emotional violence on children’s well-being and educational outcomes in Northern Nigeria.

Bmc public health
VACS journal articles

Disclosure, reporting, and help seeking among child survivors of violence: A cross country analysis

This study explores the rarely studied prevalence and dynamics around disclosure, reporting, and help seeking behaviours of children who ever experienced physical and/or sexual violence.

Global public health journal
VACS journal articles

Early sexual debut: A multi-country, sex-stratified analysis in sub-Saharan Africa

This article examines the outcomes associated with early sexual debut in five sub-Saharan African countries for males and females, separately.

Kenya II country fact sheet 2019
Fact sheets

Kenya Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) fact sheet 2020 (data collection 2019)

An overview of the data found in Kenya's 2020 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.

Côte d Ivoire country fact sheet
Fact sheets

Côte d'Ivoire Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) fact sheet 2020 (data collection 2018)

This country fact sheet provides an overview of the data found in Côte d'Ivoire's VACS report

  • EN, FR
Kenya vacs 2020
VACS reports

Kenya Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2020 (data collection 2019)

Explore the data in Kenya's Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report.

Kenya-National-Prevention-Response-Plan-on-VAC
National Action Plans

National prevention and response plan on violence against children in Kenya 2019-2023

The Kenyan government has developed a national prevention and response plan (2019-2023) that aims to reduce violence against children prevalence by 40 percent.

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