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A decade of steady urbanisation, the spread of Internet infrastructure such as mobile broadband, and the growing availability of low-cost smartphones and tablets, have contributed to a remarkable rise in Internet and Information and Communication Technologies usage in East Africa, especially in Kenya. Unfortunately, this digitally advanced environment represents a double-edged sword. Increased mobile phone penetration and internet access have given rise to a set of conditions that have made children more vulnerable to Online Child Sexual Exploitation (…
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Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a problem for children and young people living in out‐of‐home care (looked after children). As part of a broader action research project aiming to prevent both harmful sexual behaviour carried out by children and young people and CSE in out‐of‐home care, four focus groups were undertaken with 17 workers at three Victorian residential houses in 2017. The findings reported in this paper were generated through the research question: What do workers perceive as the key challenges in caring for children and young people vulnerable to CSE in…
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Background
Important unresolved questions remain concerning the specific vulnerabilities and intervention needs of female adolescents who experience commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), when compared to other highly vulnerable female adolescents.
Objective
This study aimed to assess differences in the level of post-traumatic symptoms reported by those who experienced CSEC during adolescence and those who did not.
Participants and setting
The study used longitudinal data collected from 125 French-speaking female adolescents who were placed in…
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ChildFund International (ChildFund) is a child‐focused International Non‐Governmental Organization (INGO) which, since 1938, has worked with local implementing partners (LIPs), government, and other partner organizations to help create the safe environments children need to thrive. The purpose of this commentary is to reflect on the utility and possible application of the suggestions and study designs in this special issue to real‐life intervention studies in dynamic context settings. The commentary provides three regional case examples with evaluation study lessons learned from…
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The aim of this module from the book Rights-based Integrated Child Protection Service Delivery Systems is to learn about children and families at risk and the need for rights-based Integrated Child Care and Support Centres. It first examines the conceptual framework of children at risk of exclusion, neglect, separation from parents, abuse, and commercial exploitation, with specific…
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The present report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children is submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with resolution 64/146. Najat Maalla M’jid assumed the position of Special Representative on 1 July 2019. In this her first report to the Assembly as Special Representative, she notes the momentum created by the review, at the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019, of the targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to end violence against children (especially target 16.2 of the Sustainable…
In this video, Sreyna and Chenda, two practitioners from Hagar Cambodia, discuss their learning regarding the impact of the care setting on child rehabilitation. By comparing the differences observed in the rehabilitation process for children supported in Hagar’s family-based care versus in their shelters, Sreyna and Chenda outline the rationale for Hagar’s decision to close their shelters and expand their family-based care and community rehabilitation programs. Sreyna and Chenda further discuss the difference between employing an individual versus ecological and family systems approach to…
Comprised of 12 videos and accompanying discussion guides, this video series features the learning from practitioners working across a range of care-related programs and practices in Cambodia. Topics discussed include abandonment prevention in hospitals, supporting children with disabilities in family-based care, and the impact of the care setting on child rehabilitation outcomes.
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This report outlines a number of key risk factors, including discrimination, poverty, disability and gender, with girls affected disproportionately by certain forms of violence, boys affected more than we once thought, and both unlikely to report the violence they experience. The report builds on the ground-breaking 2006 United Nations Study on Violence against Children, (the United Nations Study) and on 10 years of the implementation of its recommendations promoted by the mandate of the Special Representative. It also draws on expert contributions from a range of organizations, to…
În scopul executării art. 20 din Legea nr.140 din 14 iunie 2013 privind protecţia specială a copiilor aflaţi în situaţie de risc şi a copiilor separaţi de părinţi (Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova, 2013, nr.167-172, art.534), Guvernul HOTĂRĂŞTE:
1. Se aprobă Instrucţiunile privind mecanismul intersectorial de cooperare pentru identificarea, evaluarea, referirea, asistenţa şi monitorizarea copiilor victime şi potenţiale victime ale violenţei, neglijării, exploatării şi traficului (se anexează).
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