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This UN policy brief presents three urgently recommended actions to minimize the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic:
1. Apply a whole-of-society approach to promote, protect and care for mental health
2. Ensure widespread availability of emergency mental health and psychosocial support
3. Support recovery from COVID-19 by building mental health services for the future
The policy brief notes that specific population groups, including children, are showing high degrees of COVID-19-related psychological distress. It calls for …
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This report is based on in-depth interviews with migrant children and parents, real estate and construction companies, government Ministries, and NGOs. It explores the challenges faced by children living in construction site camps, and suggests solutions that can be scaled to foster social responsibility within Thailand’s construction sector. (Read Thai version…
As part of the new sustainable development agenda, the world’s governments will make a commitment to ensuring that all people live in peaceful, just and inclusive societies. They will set ambitious targets to be delivered by 2030, in order to deliver the vision of a world where every child grows up free from violence and exploitation. The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children will help deliver this vision. Based on a commitment to the rights of children, it will turn the belief that no violence against children is justifiable and all violence is preventable into a compelling…
EveryChild is an international development charity working in over 15 countries around the world with a focus on children separated from their families and communities or in danger of being so. Their agency does this through three different intervention types: Prevention, Protection and Re-integration.
EveryChild believes the separation of children from their families or usual carers in developing countries is seriously undermining attempts to build healthy communities and meet development goals. Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child…
During emergencies children face unique dangers. Both boys and girls face an increased risk of disease, malnutrition, gender-based violence, exploitation and a wide range of other violations including death and injury. They often become separated from their families and caregivers and have difficulty obtaining food and humanitarian assistance. The emotional impact on children affected by emergencies can be profound, but those who remain in the care of their families and communities are likely to recover more quickly. Schools are often closed or inaccessible during emergencies, leaving…
Child sexual abuse and exploitation is a global phenomenon. It exists in most cultures irrespective of material wealth and state ideology. The World Health Organisation Report on Violence and Health (2002) states that about twenty percent of women and five to ten percent of men have suffered sexual abuse as children. Studies from around the world appear to confirm these figures, although some studies have higher figures (Commodities in Stigma and Shame 2001). Furthermore, the UN reports that millions of children are annually being exploited by the sex industry.
Child sexual abuse occurs…