Innocenti Research Briefs Making It Count: Strengthening data and evidence to prevent and respond to violence against children in East Asia and the Pacific AUTHOR(S) Ramya Subrahmanian; Manahil Siddiqi; Nicole Petrowski; Claudia Cappa Published: 2022 Innocenti Research Briefs This brief provides an overview of the data and evidence gaps on violence against children in East Asia and the Pacific. It calls for greater attention to generating, sharing and applying quality data and evidence to protect the safety and rights of children within the region. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 11 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: east asia, pacific islands, sexual violence, violence, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ramya Subrahmanian; Manahil Siddiqi; Nicole Petrowski; Claudia Cappa 2022 Making It Count: Strengthening data and evidence to prevent and respond to violence against children in East Asia and the Pacific. , pp. 11.
Innocenti Research Briefs Evidence and Gap Map Research Brief: UNICEF Strategic Plan 2018–2021 Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from violence and exploitation Published: 2022 Innocenti Research Briefs This research brief is one of a series of six briefs, which provide an overview of available evidence shown in the Campbell-UNICEF Mega-Map of the effectiveness of interventions to improve child well-being in low- and middle-income countries. Five of these briefs summarize evidence as mapped against the five goal areas of UNICEF’s 2018–2021 Strategic Plan. A sixth special brief was added to focus specifically on COVID-19 and other epidemics and major crises. It is anticipated that the briefs will also be useful for others working in the child well-being space. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Tags: child protection, child well-being, violence, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2022 Evidence and Gap Map Research Brief: UNICEF Strategic Plan 2018–2021 Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from violence and exploitation. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Working Papers The Impact of Community Violence on Educational Outcomes: A review of the literature AUTHOR(S) Cirenia Chávez; Marcela Aguilar Published: 2021 Innocenti Working Papers In recent decades, violence in and around schools has become a serious concern in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is not a new or isolated phenomenon, nor is it limited to certain schools or countries. While much of the literature connecting violence and schools has focused on bullying, it has overlooked how violence in other environments, in families and in communities, affects children’s education and their learning outcomes. Latin America and the Caribbean is home to 9 out of the 10 countries with the highest rates of violence in the world. Yet, the prevalence of bullying in schools is one of the lowest in comparison to other regions, suggesting that this is not the most concerning form of violence impacting children’s educational experiences. This literature review summarizes existing evidence on the impacts of community violence on academic achievement as well as on other educational outcomes – including dropping out, absenteeism, truancy, enrolment and attendance – and highlights policy and research implications. + - Cite this publication | Thematic area: Education, Violence Against Children | Tags: communities, drop-outs, education, family environment, learning, violence, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Cirenia Chávez; Marcela Aguilar 2021 The Impact of Community Violence on Educational Outcomes: A review of the literature.
Innocenti Research Briefs COVID-19: How prepared are global education systems for future crises? AUTHOR(S) Asif Saeed Memon; Annika Rigole; Taleen Vartan Nakashian; Wongani Grace Taulo; Cirenia Chávez; Suguru Mizunoya Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This research brief is one of a series exploring the effects of COVID-19 on education. It focuses on how school closures affect children and the resiliency of education systems to respond to such disruptions and mitigate their effect. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Thematic area: Education | Tags: crisis, education, equity, gender issues, pandemic, resiliency, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Asif Saeed Memon; Annika Rigole; Taleen Vartan Nakashian; Wongani Grace Taulo; Cirenia Chávez; Suguru Mizunoya 2020 COVID-19: How prepared are global education systems for future crises?. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Report Research that Drives Change: Conceptualizing and Conducting Nationally Led Violence Prevention Research AUTHOR(S) Mary Catherine Maternowska; Alina Potts; Deborah Fry; Tabitha Casey Published: 2018 Innocenti Research Report Globally, studies have demonstrated that children in every society are affected by physical, sexual and emotional violence. The drive to both quantify and qualify violence through data and research has been powerful: discourse among policy makers is shifting from “this does not happen here” to “what is driving this?” and “how can we address it?” To help answer these questions, the Multi-Country Study on the Drivers of Violence Affecting Children – conducted in Italy, Viet Nam, Peru and Zimbabwe – sought to disentangle the complex and often interrelated underlying causes of violence affecting children (VAC) in these four countries. Led by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti with its academic partner, the University of Edinburgh, the Study was conducted by national research teams comprised of government, practitioners and academic researchers in each of the four countries. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 120 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: violence, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Mary Catherine Maternowska; Alina Potts; Deborah Fry; Tabitha Casey 2018 Research that Drives Change: Conceptualizing and Conducting Nationally Led Violence Prevention Research. , pp. 120.
Innocenti Research Report Key Findings on Families, Family Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Synthesis Report AUTHOR(S) Dominic Richardson Published: 2018 Innocenti Research Report This synthesis report, ‘Families, Family Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Key Findings’ explores how the role of families, and family policies from around the world, can contribute to meeting the SDG targets. Given the key role families and family policies play in determining social progress, and in view of the national and international focus on meeting the SDGs by 2030, the timing of this publication is opportune. The report summarizes evidence across the six SDGs that cover poverty, health, education, gender equality, youth unemployment, and ending violence. It highlights important issues that policy makers may wish to consider when making future policies work for families, and family policies work for the future. Given the broad scope of the SDG ambitions, a key contribution of this work is to map how the successes of family-focused policies and programmes in one SDG have been successful in contributing to positive outcomes in other SDG goal areas. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 65 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: employment, family, family education, family health, family policy, gender equality, poverty elimination, sustainable development, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Dominic Richardson 2018 Key Findings on Families, Family Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals: Synthesis Report. , pp. 65.
Innocenti Research Briefs Does Keeping Adolescent Girls in School Protect against Sexual Violence? Quasi-experimental Evidence from East and Southern Africa AUTHOR(S) Tia Palermo; Michelle Mills Published: 2017 Innocenti Research Briefs Sexual violence against women and girls is widespread globally. In their lifetime, one in three women will experience intimate partner physical or sexual violence and 7 per cent will experience forced sex by someone other than an intimate partner. This study finds protective effects of educational attainment against lifetime experience of sexual violence among women in Uganda, but not in Malawi. Further, in our pathway analyses, we find large impacts on delaying marriage in both countries. These results suggest that policies aimed at increasing educational attainment among girls may have broad-ranging long-term benefits. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 2 | Thematic area: Adolescents, Child Protection, Education, Gender Issues | Tags: adolescents, education of girls, gender based violence, research methodology, sexual violence, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Tia Palermo; Michelle Mills 2017 Does Keeping Adolescent Girls in School Protect against Sexual Violence? Quasi-experimental Evidence from East and Southern Africa. , pp. 2.
Innocenti Research Briefs Initial Research Findings on Adolescent Well-being from the Office of Research – Innocenti AUTHOR(S) Prerna Banati Published: 2016 Innocenti Research Briefs This research programme aims to advance global understanding of social and structural determinants of adolescent well-being. The multi-donor research programme on social and structural determinants of adolescent well-being is working with national government partners, academics, think tanks, and institutions to improve understanding of various dimensions of adolescents’ lives. The programme is producing cutting-edge research that explores what works to improve outcomes for adolescents. Quality evidence can then inform effective policy and interventions for young people. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 3 | Thematic area: Adolescents | Tags: adolescents, cash transfers, information technology, parent-child relationship, poverty, research, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Prerna Banati 2016 Initial Research Findings on Adolescent Well-being from the Office of Research – Innocenti. , pp. 3.
Innocenti Discussion Papers The Place of Sport in the UN Study on Violence against Children AUTHOR(S) Celia Brackenridge; Kari Fasting; Sandra Kirby; Trisha Leahy; Sylvie Parent; Trond Svela Sand Published: 2010 Innocenti Discussion Papers This paper presents a secondary analysis of supporting documents from the UN Study on Violence against Children. The purpose of the analysis is to identify sport-related material in the documents, and gaps in research knowledge about the role of sport in both preventing and facilitating violence against children. This is a complementary document to the IRC study ‘Protecting Children from Violence in Sport: A review with a focus on industrialized countries’, developed by the same research team. Content analysis was undertaken on material archived for the UN Study, including submissions by UN agencies and non-governmental organizations on research relating to violence against children, and on the country surveys that had been returned by governments as part of the UN Study consultation. A list of search terms was established and each selected text or survey was searched against them. On the basis of these analyses, several key conclusions emerged. First, there is a marked absence of empirical data about the forms, prevalence and incidence of violence to children in sport and about the best mechanisms for preventing or resolving such problems. Second, there is a lack of coordination between governments and sport NGOs on the subject of violence against children in sport, and there appears to be no evidence of a functional link between the agencies responsible for sport for development and those responsible for prevention of violence to children. The findings point to the need to do more, targeted research on violence against children in sport and to assess the efficacy of sport as a tool of violence prevention. Since countries approach the matter of violence to children in many different ways, the establishment of international standards for safeguarding children and for violence prevention in sport is recommended. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 13 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: child abuse, children's rights, sport, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Celia Brackenridge; Kari Fasting; Sandra Kirby; Trisha Leahy; Sylvie Parent; Trond Svela Sand 2010 The Place of Sport in the UN Study on Violence against Children. , pp. 13.
Innocenti Working Papers Children, Agency and Violence: In and beyond the United Nations study on violence against children AUTHOR(S) Natasha Blanchet-Cohen Published: 2009 Innocenti Working Papers This paper examines the role of child agency as it relates to child protection. The focus arises from recognition that child protection approaches can be ineffective, and even counterproductive, when local context is not given sufficient attention (Bissell et al., 2007). The prevailing child protection models - child rescue, social services and medical models - commonly neglect local community assets, including the role of children themselves. Yet in many cases these assets may play a critical role, particularly when family and community are the primary line of defence to protect children from violence and exploitation. Rethinking child protection from a rights perspective requires building on empirical and theoretical understandings of child agency and child development, and the interactions between them. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 60 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: child protection, children's participation, legal provisions, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Natasha Blanchet-Cohen 2009 Children, Agency and Violence: In and beyond the United Nations study on violence against children. , pp. 60.
Innocenti Report Card Pobreza infantil nos paises ricos 2005 Published: 2006 Innocenti Report Card Este estudo de 2005 sobre pobreza infantil nos países ricos conclui que a percentagem de crianças pobres no mundo desenvolvido aumentou em 17 dos 24 países da OCDE para os quais existem dados. Independentemente do instrumento aplicado para medir a pobreza, a situação das crianças parece ter-se deteriorado ao longo da última década. A redução da pobreza infantil é uma medida do progresso no sentido da coesão social, da igualdade de oportunidades e do investimento nas crianças de hoje e no mundo de amanhã. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 40 | Thematic area: Child Poverty | Tags: child poverty, child protection, children's rights, comparative analysis, industrialized countries, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2006 Pobreza infantil nos paises ricos 2005. , pp. 40.
Innocenti Report Card La pauvreté des enfants dans les pays riches 2005 Published: 2005 Innocenti Report Card La proportion d’enfants dans l’indigence a augmenté au sein de la plupart des économies développées dans le monde. Quels que soient les critères retenus parmi ceux communément utilisés pour mesurer la pauvreté, force est de constater que la situation des enfants s’est dégradée au cours de la dernière décennie. Cette publication est la sixième de la série des Bilans Innocenti qui visent à suivre et à comparer les résultats obtenus par les pays de l’OCDE pour répondre aux besoins de leurs enfants. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 36 | Thematic area: Child Poverty | Tags: child poverty, child protection, children's rights, comparative analysis, industrialized countries, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2005 La pauvreté des enfants dans les pays riches 2005. , pp. 36.