Each year, more than half the world’s children are victims of violence - more than a billion boys and girls [File: Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu] Every day, many millions of children around the world ...

Objectives Existing evidence, mainly from high-income countries, shows children who witness intimate partner violence (IPV) at home are more likely to experience other forms of violence, but very ...

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Children, especially girls, are at a greater risk of experiencing forced sex and sexual exploitation, abuse and violence, including both online and offline, and it’s also a common situation ...

In 2015, world leaders made a commitment to end all forms of violence against children by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This moment presents an historic opportunity to ...

The government’s “Joy” app, developed with a budget of Tk 45 lakh to tackle violence against women and children during emergencies, received only six rescue requests in five years and nine ...

A record number of books were banned in districts ... have to live with the very real threat of violence in their schools. Hundreds of children have written to her about the novel, sometimes ...

About 1 billion children —half of all children globally — experience violence, according to the World Health Organization. Ending “abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence ...

As per the International Organisation for Migration, over 140 lakh people have fled their homes due to widespread hunger, disease and sexual violence. Women in Sudan have committed suicide to ...

“This International Day must spur a collective effort to step up the fight against violence and harassment in education”, she added. UNESCO noted that globally, one in three students reports ...

In this edition of Entre Nous, we speak to Mié Kohiyama and Dr Etienne Krug about how to fight the scourge of violence against children. Each year an estimated one billion children experience ...