Violence Against Children and Youth in Humanitarian Settings: Findings from a 2022 survey of all refugee settlements in Uganda

Originally published by Population Council.

Uganda's Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) is the first-ever VACS conducted exclusively in refugee contexts. This landmark study covers all refugee settlements in Uganda and establishes the magnitude, nature, and consequences of violence against children in these settings.

The survey findings provide a rigorous baseline against which progress to end violence against children can be measured, and will be used to support planning for evidence-informed programming and resource allocation and mobilization to address this issue in the country’s refugee settlements.

Partners included:

• Government: Office of the Prime Minister - Department of Refugees, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development.
• Bilateral and multilateral organizations: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Bureau for the East and Horn Africa and the Great Lakes, UNHCR Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• Non-government: the Baobab Research Programme Consortium (RPC) (comprising the Population Council, Inc.; Population Council, Kenya; and the African Population and Health Research Center), Together for Girls.
• Funders: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Originally published by Population Council.