Violence against children: a global report

Bridging the gaps: a global review of intersections of violence against women and violence against children

BACKGROUND The international community recognises violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) as global human rights and public health problems. Historically, research, programmes, and policies on these forms of violence followed parallel but distinct trajectories. Some have called for efforts to bridge these gaps, based in part on evidence that individuals and families oft...

Violence against children.

Violence Against Children

Child abuse is a topic which has variously elicited outrage and disbelief in our community. Violent behaviour of this kind has only relatively recently been seriously dealt with, although children have been the object of violence and exploitation for centuries. This report discusses violence against children as it is manifested in contemporary Australia, both in the form of physical and emotion...

Violence against women and children.

Violence against children and education.

In most countries around the world, children and adolescents spend more time in school than any other single location besides the family home. Whether or not children and adolescents are able to attend school, whether they are safe in school and whether they leave school with necessary learning and skills, are affected by their experiences of violence—at home, at school and in the community. Be...