Reports

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INSPIRE Handbook

Action for implementing the seven strategies for ending violence against children

In 2016, 10 global agencies collaborated to produce INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children, the first-ever global technical package for preventing and responding to violence against children. The INSPIRE package is anchored by the recognition in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) that all children have the right to be free from all forms of violence, and sets out evidence that clearly shows that preventing violence against children is critical to ensuring sound neurological development, enhancing early childhood development, interrupting the intergenerational cycle of violence, reducing crime, and laying the foundations for lifelong health, well-being and productivity.

The INSPIRE technical package reinforces the protections guaranteed in the CRC, which oblige States Parties to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and education measures to prevent violence against children, and to protect them from violence while in the care of parents, legal guardians or other caregivers.

INSPIRE Indicator Guidance and Results Framework

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Nepal Earthquake Response Report (2015-2017)

In the immediate aftermath of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Nepal in early 2015, ChildFund responded with emergency relief in the form of food, shelter and child-centered spaces. Over the following two years, ChildFund supported the rehabilitation of communities, rebuilding schools and providing supplies, ensuring safe water and hygiene, and providing livelihoods support to families. Overarching all programs was a commitment to child protection, and preparing for future emergencies.
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Child-sensitive Social Protection

Poverty is a fundamental barrier to realizing the rights of all children, including targets of the Sustainable Development Goals to end preventable child deaths, ensure quality basic education for all children and protect children from all forms of violence. Social protection is a basic human right for children, enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children have the right to social security and an adequate standard of living, both of which can be guaranteed for children and families who live in poverty through publicly-funded social protection. At the same time, social protection is a key investment in building human capabilities, reducing financial barriers that families face in using basic services, and in breaking inter-generational poverty traps.
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Putting Children First Communique

A Call to Identify Solutions and Take Action to Tackle Child Poverty and Inequality in Africa - final communique from Putting Children First conference, Addis Ababa, October 2017.
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1-Tok Kaunselin Helpim Lain: A Report on the First Two Years of Operation in Papua New Guinea

GBV telephone hotline in Papua New Guinea

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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction for Children (Spanish)

Child-friendly version

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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction for Children (Korean)

Child-friendly version

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ChildFund Deutschland Annual Report 2016

Contando Centavos: Una revisión de la asistencia oficial para el  desarrollo para eliminar la violencia contra la niñez (RESUMEN EJECUTIVO) thumbnail

Contando Centavos: Una revisión de la asistencia oficial para el desarrollo para eliminar la violencia contra la niñez (RESUMEN EJECUTIVO)

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Counting Pennies: A Review of Official Development Assistance to End Violence Against Children

For the first time, a review of official development assistance (ODA) to end violence against children has been done. The report "Counting Pennies: A review of official development assistance to end violence against children" found that in 2015, total ODA spending was $174 billion and of that, less than 0.6 percent was allocated to ending violence against children. This amounts to less than $0.65 per child in aid-receiving countries to end this scourge that affects more than one billion children every year.
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A Child Is a Child: Protecting Children on the Move From Violence, Abuse and Exploitation

Millions of children are on the move across international borders – fleeing violence and conflict, disaster or poverty, in pursuit of a better life. Hundreds of thousands move on their own. When they encounter few opportunities to move legally, children resort to dangerous routes and engage smugglers to help them cross borders. Serious gaps in the laws, policies and services meant to protect children on the move further leave them bereft of protection and care. Deprived, unprotected, and often alone, children on the move can become easy prey for traffickers and others who abuse and exploit them.
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Lost in Migration: Working Together in Protecting Children From Disappearance

ChildFund Alliance is one of more than 45 child rights organizations that have supported in drafting and have endorsed the Conclusions of the Lost in Migration conference. These conclusions have been shared with EU Ministers, Commissioners and Heads of State.
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction for Children (Japanese)

Child-friendly version

The Children in a Changing Climate coalition, of which ChildFund Alliance is a member, developed a child-friendly version of this landmark agreement on disaster risk reduction (DRR). This child-friendly version is in Japanese.
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Our Ambition for Children: ChildFund International Annual Report 2016

ChildFund International is the U.S. member of ChildFund Alliance. This report covers its activities in 2016.

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The Multi-Country Study on the Drivers of Violence Affecting Children

This locally driven research analyses how institutional, community, interpersonal and individual factors interact to affect violence in children’s lives.
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ChildFund Vietnam Country Report 2015/2016

ChildFund Vietnam is a representative office of ChildFund Australia. ChildFund began working in Vietnam in 1995 and operates community development programs in the areas of education, water and sanitation, sustainable livelihoods, child rights and child protection, food security, and maternal and child health, including HIV prevention. With a strong focus on building the resilience of young people, ChildFund also gives children and youth the opportunity to take part in sports, vocational and life skills education, and supports their participation in local decision-making processes.
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ChildFund Papua New Guinea Country Report 2015/2016

ChildFund Papua New Guinea is a representative office of ChildFund Australia. ChildFund began work in Papua New Guinea in 1994, and undertakes child-focused community development programs in Central Province and the National Capital District. Key programs are implemented in the areas of maternal and child health, including nutrition, and water and sanitation, education through the Child-Friendly Schools framework, protection and resilience against family and sexual violence, and disaster and child protection. ChildFund PNG has established a Family and Sexual Violence Counselling Hotline which operates in Port Moresby and provides national coverage.
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ChildFund Myanmar Country Report 2015/2016

ChildFund Myanmar is a representative office of ChildFund Australia. ChildFund Australia began working in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) in 2012, following the country’s shift from decades of military rule to a newly elected government. Child-focused development programs are being delivered in a partnership approach working with local groups and organizations, focusing on the areas of child protection, education, sustainable livelihoods, water and sanitation, health and HIV and AIDS.
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ChildFund Laos Country Report 2015/2016

ChildFund Laos is a representative office of ChildFund Australia. ChildFund began work in Laos in 2010, implementing community development programs in Xieng Khouang Province, one of the poorest areas in the country. ChildFund has a strong focus on improving access to quality education, and is expanding its work to include pre-primary education to ensure that children get the best possible start in life. In partnership with communities, ChildFund has also established projects to improve water, sanitation and hygiene, mother and child heath, food security and nutrition, and to provide opportunities for children and youth to participate in local decision-making. ChildFund has a strong focus on protection, child rights, and developing life-skills through tools including sport and multimedia.
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ChildFund Cambodia Country Report 2015/2016

ChildFund Cambodia is a representative office of ChildFund Australia. ChildFund began work in Cambodia in 2007, and works in partnership with children, their communities and local partners to create lasting change, while responding to humanitarian emergencies and promoting children’s rights. We implement a range of programs at national and sub-national levels focusing on the rights of children and their families in the areas of child protection and resilience, education, sustainable livelihoods, local governance, nutrition, safe migration, water and sanitation, and youth empowerment.
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CEDAW for Youth

CEDAW for Youth is a youth-friendly version of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. It was authored by a young woman and young man.
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Small Voices, Big Dreams 2016

The Right to Safe, Meaningful Education

When ChildFund Alliance set out to survey children around the world about their views on school and education, we expected them to tell us that going to school is important. We were thrilled when a definitive 98% of the 6,000-plus 10- to 12-year-olds we talked to said that education is, indeed, important to them.
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Preventing Violence Against Children Attitudes, Perceptions & Priorities

ChildFund Alliance and World Vision International commissioned Ipsos Reid to ask a question on the need to prioritize the prevention of violence against children at the global level. Support was unambiguous, with 93% of the 11,000 respondents stating that preventing violence against children should be a global priority.
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Ending the Torment Tackling Bullying from the Schoolyard to Cyberspace

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Strategic Plan Powerpoint

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Toward a Safe World for Children: Five-Year Strategic Plan 2016-2021

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ChildFund International Impact Report on Child Protection

Tuberculosis: The Cruel Scourge for Children in Papua New Guinea thumbnail

Tuberculosis: The Cruel Scourge for Children in Papua New Guinea

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Realising Children’s Rights in a Changing Climate

As world leaders gather in Paris for the 21st Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), the Children in a Changing Climate coalition, of which ChildFund Alliance is a member, puts forward a set of recommendations for child-centred climate change adaptation.
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Small Voices, Big Dreams 2015

As part of our Small Voices, Big Dreams initiative, and on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ChildFund Alliance reached out to over 6,000 children to ask them about their views on children's rights.
A Matter of Life and Death: Protecting children during and after emergencies is a matter of life and death thumbnail

A Matter of Life and Death: Protecting children during and after emergencies is a matter of life and death

A report from the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), with ChildFund Alliance, outlining the various reasons why protecting children from violence and exploitation is a life-saving intervention during and after emergencies, and should be prioritized for funding in all humanitarian crises.
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Child Sensitive Accountability and the Post-2015 Agenda

Joint paper on child-sensitive accountability from ChildFund Alliance, Children International, Child to Child, Plan International, SOS Children's Villages International, Save the Children, UNICEF and World Vision International.
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Putting Children at the Heart of the World Humanitarian Summit

ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International, War Child, and World Vision’s report to ensure that children’s perspectives are considered, and their priorities and recommendations are reflected in the outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), which will take place on May 23-24, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A Life of Never Giving Up: Stories from Nonghet

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Accountability for the Post-2015 Targets on Violence against Children

Joint paper from ChildFund Alliance and Save the Children on accountability for the targets on violence against children.
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If Not Now, When: Ending Violence Against the World's Children

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Ending Violence Against Children: Six Strategies for Action

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The Free Charters

ChildFund Alliance consulted with over 2,300 children in 40 countries and asked them about their priorities for the post-2015 agenda. In their "free charters" to world leaders they ask for the MDGs to be fulfilled and for violence against children to be added as a new global priority.
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Violence and Exploitation Against Children in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda

Childfund Alliance’s advocacy paper on post-2015 targets and indicators on violence and exploitation against children.
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Recapturing the Vision of ‘A World Fit for Children’ and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Updated joint position paper on the post-2015 development agenda from ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children's Villages International, UNICEF and World Vision International.
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Children Speak About Being Free from Violence and Exploitation

In a study of the views of children on the issues of violence and exploitation, ChildFund Alliance conducted over 50 focus groups in 41 countries so that their voices can be heard as part of the post 2015-agenda. The children cited the top three things they want world leaders to do – raise awareness of the issues, enact laws and punish offenders – as well as give examples of the worst forms of violence and exploitation.
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Building Better Brains - UNICEF

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Raising Understanding among Children and Young People on the OPSC

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Toward a World Free From Violence Global Survey on Violence Against Children

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Stop Violence Against Women and Children in Papau New Guinea

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Children's Views on Peace, Violence, Heroes and Happiness

Small Voices, Big Dreams 2013

The annual Small Voices, Big Dreams report published by the ChildFund Alliance focuses this year on violence and exploitation, with 6,499 children asked to examine the issue of violence in their communities. They were also asked to describe what makes them feel safe and provides them with a sense of happiness.
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A Journey of Togetherness: The Emergency Relief and Restoration Project Report for the Great East Japan Earthquake

ChildFund Alliance responds to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan
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Voices of Girls and Boys in Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda

In formulating the post-2015 development agenda, it is imperative that the voices of the next generation are heard and listened to. ChildFund Alliance asked child-led organizations from seven countries to choose their top 6 priorities for a better world.