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      Africa Regional Network
      The Africa Regional Network is a group of Africa-based multidisciplinary professionals working in child abuse & neglect connecting, learning, sharing ideas, research & knowledge.
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      ISPCAN’s Country Partners are multidisciplinary organizations or non-profits within a city, country or region who focus and work in child abuse and neglect (CAN) prevention. The goal is to share experiences, knowledge, research, and resources across all regions in an endeavor to strengthen efforts at local, national, and regional levels to end child maltreatment. We believe that effective and sustainable CAN prevention is achieved through education and professional cooperation. See country partners by region on ISPCAN regional pages.

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      Promotion of your organization and events by ISPCAN to our Global Audience via email, Social Media and Newsletters
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      Opportunities to showcase your programs in our newsletter, webinars, and circles of connecting.
      Contribute content to World Perspectives on Child Abuse and other ISPCAN publications
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      INSPIRE Webinar Series - Shifting norms and values to prevent violence against children
      What are some of the lessons, challenges and opportunities for effective social norms change?
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      June 3, 2024
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      Journal Club
      Epidemiology, risk factors, and impacts of adverse childhood experiences in Low- and middle-income countries
      This SI Journal was conceived to highlight some of the gaps in ACEs research with respect to the inclusion of children and youth residing in LMIC.
      Presented By:
      Dr. Leah Gilbert, MD, MSPH - Special Issue Guest Editor
      Dr. Shanta Dube PhD, MPH, CYT250 - Special Issue Guest Editor
      Francis Annor, PhD, MPH - Special Issue Guest Editor
      Colvette Brown, MPH
      Greta Massetti, PhD, MA
      Pedro Manuel, MSc
      Phyllis Holditch Niolon, PhD

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      April 30, 2024
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      COVID-19 in Africa: Is Lockdown More Dangerous Than the Virus?
      Presented By:
      Joan van Niekerk
      Edith Kriel (

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      June 4, 2020
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      Additional Resources

      This TLDR video analyzes the study “Which Groups are Most Affected by Sexual Violence? A Disaggregated Analysis by Sex, Age, and HIV-status of Adolescents Living in South Africa,” from the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect. The research provides a comprehensive look at the prevalence of sexual violence (SV) among adolescents in South Africa, dissecting the impacts based on sex, age, and HIV status.

      EVIDENT

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      All caregivers have a responsibility to protect and care for children. First responders are heroes (who don’t wear capes) and are able to reach out with their insights and skills to provide comfort and to help soothe the child’s pain and confusion. First responders may include community workers or leaders, nurses, child and youth care workers, teachers, social workers, paramedics and police officers. This guide is divided into sections. It talks about the need to care for yourself so you can care for others. It discusses trauma – what it is, how it affects us and children – and provides information about how trauma affects children in various stages of development. The guide shares information on Psychological First Aid (PFA) for children. It tells you what needs to be reported and to whom. As a bonus, there is a short section about personal reflections and a list of resources about PFA you might find interesting.

      Jelly Beanz - Hope for Children Affected by Trauma

      Downloadable Resource

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      INSPIRE, is a global framework of seven interlinked and mutually reinforcing strategies for a holistic, evidence-supported, multi-sectoral commitment to ensuring that children can achieve their full potential free from violence. The acronym focuses on implementation and enforcement of laws, norms and values, safe environment, parent and care giver support, income and economic strengthening, response and support services and education and life skills as a viable and sustainable approaches to ending violence against children. The tool was assembled through collaborative efforts of up to 10 global agencies including World Health Organization, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, Pan American Health Organization, PEPFAR, and Together for Girls, UNICEF, USAID, The World Bank, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -UNDOC. The National Association of Social Workers of Uganda (NASWU) in recognition that social workers are the frontline workforce in matters of violence Against Children, has trained and equipped her executive and management team with knowledge on INSPIRE package and its contextual application in social work practice settings.

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      Railway Children works across the world with and for children on the streets. We focus much of our work on family reintegration as we believe that every child needs to grow in a safe, loving family to thrive.

      Pete Kent Programme Development Director - Railway Children Africa

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      1 in 3 child survivors of sexual abuse were in kinship foster arrangements and over a fourth of cases were children living in an extended family household with only one parent present. These group of children were more likely to be involved in street trading, been given some sort of monetary gift before or after the assault, present late to the treatment centres with pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections and become lost to clinical and legal follow up

      Bintu Mansaray - University of Bristol

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      The following Regional Data Profile is based on information provided by knowledgeable professionals in the country. It is often difficult to capture the varying circumstances and ISPCAN was unable to verify the accuracy of the information. It is our hope that each profile offers a useful snapshot of issues related to child protection in each country. The 2020 World Perspectives survey was modified for this most recent data collection, mostly to help clarify the meaning of some questions and provide more guidance to respondents. Respondents were given a link to complete the survey online. The development of the survey was guided by input from an international advisory committee convened for the purposes of collecting country level data and who are acknowledged for their invaluable contributions. The content covered consideration of what circumstances were CM in the country; specific policies regarding CM; legal responses to child sexual exploitation (CSE); services used to address CM; prevention strategies; and barriers to prevention. Data was gathered between December 2019 and February 2020. It is important to note that data on many of the issues may not have been available, requiring respondents to provide educated estimates. We obtained information from 62 countries including 10 countries in Africa, 9 in the Americas, 19 in Asia, 22 in Europe, and Australia and New Zealand in Oceania. Countries were also categorized by income level using designations by the World Bank; 27 countries had high income, 20 upper-middle income and 15 were low income. Those who responded are considered experts in their countries in different disciplines with knowledge of country-level data, and they were encouraged to consult with colleagues when uncertain of an answer. That said, ISPCAN was unable to verify the accuracy of responses. In conclusion, this report offers a snapshot of the state of CM and child protection across many countries across the globe. Taken together over the history of publication, much has been accomplished—especially in terms of awareness of the child maltreatment problem and the development of systems to address it. That said, concerns from infrastructure to expertise, to leveraging the lived experience of communities, remains a challenge made even more.

      ISPCAN

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      This Country Data Profile is based on information provided by knowledgeable professionals in the country. It is often difficult to capture the varying circumstances and ISPCAN was unable to verify the accuracy of the information. It is our hope that each profile offers a useful snapshot of issues related to child protection in each country. The 2020 World Perspectives survey was modified for this most recent data collection, mostly to help clarify the meaning of some questions and provide more guidance to respondents. Respondents were given a link to complete the survey online. The development of the survey was guided by input from an international advisory committee convened for the purposes of collecting country level data and who are acknowledged for their invaluable contributions. The content covered consideration of what circumstances were CM in the country; specific policies regarding CM; legal responses to child sexual exploitation (CSE); services used to address CM; prevention strategies; and barriers to prevention. Data was gathered between December 2019 and February 2020. It is important to note that data on many of the issues may not have been available, requiring respondents to provide educated estimates.

      ISPCAN

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      This Country Data Profile is based on information provided by knowledgeable professionals in the country. It is often difficult to capture the varying circumstances and ISPCAN was unable to verify the accuracy of the information. It is our hope that each profile offers a useful snapshot of issues related to child protection in each country. The 2020 World Perspectives survey was modified for this most recent data collection, mostly to help clarify the meaning of some questions and provide more guidance to respondents. Respondents were given a link to complete the survey online. The development of the survey was guided by input from an international advisory committee convened for the purposes of collecting country level data and who are acknowledged for their invaluable contributions. The content covered consideration of what circumstances were CM in the country; specific policies regarding CM; legal responses to child sexual exploitation (CSE); services used to address CM; prevention strategies; and barriers to prevention. Data was gathered between December 2019 and February 2020. It is important to note that data on many of the issues may not have been available, requiring respondents to provide educated estimates.

      ISPCAN

      Downloadable Resource

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      This Country Data Profile is based on information provided by knowledgeable professionals in the country. It is often difficult to capture the varying circumstances and ISPCAN was unable to verify the accuracy of the information. It is our hope that each profile offers a useful snapshot of issues related to child protection in each country. The 2020 World Perspectives survey was modified for this most recent data collection, mostly to help clarify the meaning of some questions and provide more guidance to respondents. Respondents were given a link to complete the survey online. The development of the survey was guided by input from an international advisory committee convened for the purposes of collecting country level data and who are acknowledged for their invaluable contributions. The content covered consideration of what circumstances were CM in the country; specific policies regarding CM; legal responses to child sexual exploitation (CSE); services used to address CM; prevention strategies; and barriers to prevention. Data was gathered between December 2019 and February 2020. It is important to note that data on many of the issues may not have been available, requiring respondents to provide educated estimates.

      ISPCAN

      Downloadable Resource

      (Member Access)

      This Country Data Profile is based on information provided by knowledgeable professionals in the country. It is often difficult to capture the varying circumstances and ISPCAN was unable to verify the accuracy of the information. It is our hope that each profile offers a useful snapshot of issues related to child protection in each country. The 2020 World Perspectives survey was modified for this most recent data collection, mostly to help clarify the meaning of some questions and provide more guidance to respondents. Respondents were given a link to complete the survey online. The development of the survey was guided by input from an international advisory committee convened for the purposes of collecting country level data and who are acknowledged for their invaluable contributions. The content covered consideration of what circumstances were CM in the country; specific policies regarding CM; legal responses to child sexual exploitation (CSE); services used to address CM; prevention strategies; and barriers to prevention. Data was gathered between December 2019 and February 2020. It is important to note that data on many of the issues may not have been available, requiring respondents to provide educated estimates.

      ISPCAN

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