Past and present armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have badly affected children, and the country has one of the highest number of child soldiers in the world. Forty years of poor governance, economic collapse, exploitation...
A practical manual to be used as a guide in the development of strategies to challenge and end physical and humiliating punishment. It includes examples of good practice when approaching the issue of corporal punishment around the world, and...
‘Listen and speak out against sexual abuse of boys and girls: 10 essential learning points’, is a Save the Children report on sexual abuse based on consultations carried out in Canada, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Romania, Spain,...
At the end of 2004 Save the Children faced the largest natural disaster in its 85-year history. After the Indian Ocean tsunami struck, Save the Children’s staff responded immediately to the needs of children, helping many thousands of...
What Save the Children thinks about physical and humiliating punishment – Information for children and young people. Physical and humiliating punishment is violence against children that is done with the aim of controlling or educating...
This comparative study, written by Spanish psychologist Pepa Horno and supported by Save the Children Spain, indicates the attitudes towards, and prevalence and patterns of, physical and humiliating punishment, based on findings from a series of...
Exposure to natural disasters has a devastating impact on the psychological and social well-being of children, adolescents and adults. It is now widely accepted that early psychosocial interventions that help to mitigate the effect of trauma,...
‘End all forms of corporal punishment of children – Children are entitled to full respect for their dignity; to grow up free from physical and emotional violence’ is a Save the Children booklet on how to research the physical and...
This Resource Handbook is the result of collaborative efforts by members of the International Save the Children Alliance in Southeast, East Asia and the Pacific to research the physical and emotional punishment of children, using verifiable...
These children’s stories form the backbone of this year’s annual report. The children’s own accounts illustrate the dramatic living conditions faced by so many, more effectively than statistics and abstract information. Like the...