All: Health ministers in East, Central, and Southern Africa pass resolution to end violence against children
How a decade of data is leading solutions to keep children safe
Change is possible, and violence is preventable. By implementing evidence-based policies and targeted interventions we can end violence against children.
- 19th April 2024
Groundbreaking data tells a story of violence in Kenya, and leads to 7 acts that reduced it by half
In 2010, Kenya's first national Violence Against Children and Youth Survey revealed alarming statistics about the prevalence of physical, sexual, and emotional violence among boys and girls. A decade later the data told a different story. The power of data-driven action at a national level was proven for the first time, uncovering the efficacy of interventions to protect at-risk children.
- 4th December 2023
How do we keep children safe? It starts with data
To prevent violence we must first understand it. Using our data with evidence-based frameworks allow governments to inform public health action to keep kids safe.
- 22nd September 2023
Proven: The power of data-driven advocacy to protect children
With data from 23 countries we've successfully created evidence-based solutions to reduce violence against young girls, including ending child marriage and other harmful norms. See the VACS in action.
- 18th July 2023
African governments commit to ending violence against children
On May 11-13, 2022, senior government officials and civil society leaders from over 30 African countries gathered at the Pan-African symposium on violence prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 26th May 2022
A vision for long lasting change in Côte d’Ivoire
Together for Girls is promoting meaningful partnerships amongst local agencies to catalyze full scale support for children.
- 28th March 2022
Gender norms, education, and violence against girls and women: Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire
For decades, advocates and researchers have stressed the need to collect more data on both violence against children and violence against women and have pushed to make sure data is disaggregated by sex, age and geography.
- 27th September 2021
- EN, FR
Building the evidence base: AidData’s deep-dive analysis of Zambian school-related gender-based violence
High-quality, disaggregated data on school-related gender-based violence is essential to help drive effective policies and programs for prevention and response.
- 21st September 2021
Pioneering the prevention of violence against children in Uganda
In 2015, Uganda’s commitment to implementing the Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS) was motivated by limited pre-existing nationwide data on the prevalence and magnitude of violence against children.
- 26th July 2021
Data-driven advocacy for safe and gender equitable schools
“Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts” was the 2021 conference theme for the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). CIES is dedicated to increasing understanding of educational issues, trends, and policies through comparative, intercultural, and international perspectives.
- 21st May 2021
The gendered reality of corporal punishment in schools
Social norms drive gender inequalities and violence, and even though access to education is a human right, learners across the globe are impacted by school-related gender-based violence.
- 30th April 2021
Colombia Eliminates Statute of Limitations
Responding to violence and ensuring survivors can access justice
- 12th February 2021