All: Preventing violence against children in Malawi

Violence, SRH, health behaviors, risk and protective factors, by level of education
Technical reports

Violence, SRH, health behaviors, risk, and protective factors, by level of education

Explore the results from a secondary analysis of VACS data by Together for Girls, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Global Affairs Canada.

Social science and medicine
VACS journal articles

From fathers to peers: Association between paternal violence victimization and peer violence perpetration among youth in Malawi, Nigeria, and Zambia

This study specifically investigates the role of fathers and whether paternal violence victimization is associated with peer violence perpetration, above and beyond maternal violence victimization.

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.

National Plan of Action to Combat Gender Based Violence in Malawi 2014 2020
National Action Plans

National Plan of Action to Combat Gender-Based Violence in Malawi 2014–2020

Explore Malawi's Nation Plan of Action to combat gender-based violence.

Malawi school related gender based violence fact sheet
Fact sheets

Malawi: School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

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

Malawi VACS report cover
VACS reports

Malawi Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) report 2015 (data collection 2013)

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

Malawi country fact sheet
Fact sheets

Malawi Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) fact sheet 2015 (data collection 2013)

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

Sage journals
VACS journal articles

Adverse childhood experiences and HIV sexual risk-taking behaviors among young adults in Malawi

This analysis explores the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and HIV sexual risk-taking behaviors among young adults in Malawi.

Annals of epidemiology journal
VACS journal articles

Violent experiences in childhood are associated with men’s perpetration of intimate partner violence as a young adult: A multistage cluster survey in Malawi

This study examines the association between exposures to violence in childhood, including exposure to multiple forms of violence, with young men's perpetration of intimate partner violence.

National Plan of Action for Vulnerable Children in Malawi 2015-2019
National Action Plans

National Plan of Action for Vulnerable Children in Malawi 2015-2019

Sage journals
VACS journal articles

Applying structural equation modeling to measure violence exposure and its impact on mental health: Malawi Violence Against Children and Young Women Survey, 2013

This study examines exposure to multiple forms of violence among Malawian children and youth and their association with mental health outcomes.