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.