[humantraffic-vn] Child Trafficking Gateway 162 - Violence against Children

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Subject: 19 Child Trafficking Gateway 162 - Violence against Children
Date: 13 November 2011 9:37:31 PM AEDT
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Dear friends and colleagues

We have again updated the digital library http://www.childtrafficking.com 
and the update includes eleven interesting documents on violence against 
children.  

Amnesty International. (2011). 'This is What We Demand. Justice!': 
Impunity for Sexual Violence Against Women in Colombia's Armed Conflict. 
68 p. "This report examines what, if any, progress has been made by the 
authorities since Amnesty International’s 2004 report, and particularly 
since the 2008 Constitutional Court ruling, in addressing sexual violence 
and impunity. The report ends with a series of recommendations, calling on 
the Colombian authorities to fulfil their international obligations to 
ensure respect for the right of survivors to truth, justice and 
reparation." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/amnesty_international_11_this_demand_1111.pdf

Early Childhood Matters and Bernard Van Leer Foundation. (2011). Hidden 
Violence: Protecting Young Children at Home. 76 p. "This report presents 
new research findings from the NSPCC on child maltreatment in the United 
Kingdom, looking specifically at the prevalence and impact of severe 
maltreatment. We found that the rates of child maltreatment reported by 
young adults aged 18–24 were lower in 2009 than in 1998, suggesting 
maltreatment may be less prevalent today. However, significant minorities 
of children and young people in the UK today are experiencing severe 
maltreatment and this is associated with poorer emotional wellbeing, 
self-harm, suicidal ideation and delinquent behaviour." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/early_childhood_van_11_violence_1111.pdf
Massachusetts Advocates for Children. (2009). Targeted, Taunted and 
Tormented: They Bullying of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 16 p.  
"This study found that 39.6 percent of parents of autistic children 
reported their children had been bullied for over a year. As many children 
with disabilities have difficulties communicating, the extent to which 
they are bullied and subjected to violence from peers may well be 
underreported." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/massachusetts_advocates_09_taunted_1111.pdf
Office of the Secretary General Special Representative (SGSR), Plan and 
Save the Children. (2011). Global Survey on Violence against Children. 
Child Friendly Version. 18 p. “The Special Representative on Violence 
against Children, Ms. Marta Santos Pais, is conducting a global survey to 
help map and assess progress in the implementation of the UN Study 
recommendations, and set future priorities. Governments are encouraged in 
their replies to share information on developments that have taken place 
since then. The survey outcomes will be presented to the General Assembly 
in 2012 and are expected to inform further acceleration of efforts in the 
implementation of the recommendations of the Study, and sustain the 
momentum of work already underway. To ensure that children also have a 
say, a child-friendly version of the survey - written for children and 
young people aged 11 to 17- was developed together with the Office of the 
Secretary-General Special Representative (SGSR)) on Violence against 
Children.” 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/srsg_11_global_survey_child_version_1111.pdf
NGO Advisory Council for Follow-up to the UN Study on Violence against 
Children. (2011). FIVE YEARS ON: A Global Update on Violence against 
Children. 50p. "This report summarizes the state of violence against 
children in the five years since the release of the UN Study. It is 
neither comprehensive nor exhaustive, but it is illustrative of the 
continued pervasiveness of violence in children’s lives. The data 
represent recent reports from academic researchers, UN agencies, and 
non-governmental organizations, conducted since 2006 using a variety of 
methodologies. Like the UN Study, we base our definition of violence on 
article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): 'all forms 
of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or negligent 
treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse.' The 
overall findings are cause for grave concern. Violence continues against 
children in all settings; some forms of violence in some settings may even 
be on the increase." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/ngo_advisory_council_11_five_1111.pdf
Save the Children and Handicap International. (2011). Out from the 
Shadows: Sexual Violence Against Children With Disabilities. "This report 
is based on evidence generated from a global literature review and 
first-hand research in four african countries: burundi, Madagascar, 
Mozambique and tanzania (Zanzibar). this was a qualitative study conducted 
in 2010 by local researchers interviewing 89 adults with disabilities who 
had been abused as children, as well as 152 carers and professionals 
associated with their protection, including carers, lawyers, judges, 
police, social workers, teachers and members of disabled peoples’ 
organisations." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/save_children_international_11_out_shadows_1111.pdf
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Tanzania, U.S. Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied 
Sciences. (2011). Violence Against Children in Tanzania: Findings from a 
National Survey 2009. 132 p. "The findings from the survey indicate that 
violence against children is a serious problem in Tanzania: nearly 3 in 10 
females and approximately 1 in 7 males in Tanzania have experienced sexual 
violence prior to the age of 18. In addition, almost three-quarters of 
both females and males have experienced physical violence prior to 18 by 
an adult or intimate partner and one-quarter have experienced emotional 
violence by an adult during childhood (i.e. prior to turning 18) Although 
the rates of sexual violence are lower for Zanzibar (approximately 6% of 
females and 9% of males), sexual violence against children is still an 
issue that requires immediate attention. The results of this survey have 
significant implications for the design and implementation of Tanzanian 
specific prevention and response programs to address abuse and violence 
against children." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/unicef_tanzania_11_violence_tanzania_1111.pdf

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. (2009). Children, Agency and Violence: 
In and Beyond the United Nations Study on Violence Against Children. 54 p. 
"This report by Natasha Blancet-Cohen 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." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/unicef_innocenti_09_children_violence_1111.pdf

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. (2010). Protecting Children from 
Violence in Sport: A Review with a Focus on Industrialized Countries. 44p. 
“The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre commissioned a review of the 
available empirical research and policy initiatives on this subject. The 
research resulted in a wealth of information, now published in this 
report. ‘Protecting Children from Violence in Sport: A review with a focus 
on industrialized countries’ defines the many aspects of the issue, 
provides examples of both good and poor practice, and makes suggestions 
for sport organizations to assist them in their violence prevention work.” 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/unicef_innocenti_10_violence_sport_1111.pdf

UN Special Representative of the Secretary- General (SRSG) on the Violence 
against Children. 2011. Annual Report of the Special Representative of the 
Secretary- General on Violence against Children. 25 p. "The present report 
complements the annual report of the Special Representative to the Human 
Rights Council (A/HRC/16/54) and reviews key developments and initiatives 
promoted to advance progress in the follow-up to the study at the global, 
regional and national levels, institutionalize regional governance 
structures and strengthen strategic alliances to speed up global progress 
towards a world free from violence." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/un_srsg_11_annual_report_representative_1111.pdf

U.S.Commission on Civil Rights. (2011). Peer-to-Peer Violence and 
Bullying: Examining the Federal Response. 217 p. "This report focuses on 
the government‘s efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws with respect 
to peer-to-peer violence based on race, national origin, sex, disability, 
religion, and sexual orientation or gender identity.  The Commission 
examined the nature and incidence of peer-to-peer violence in public K-12 
schools and studied the types of peer-to-peer violence faced by students, 
as well as the effects of such violence. The Commission further reviewed 
the policies and procedures employed by the United States Departments of 
Education and Justice in enforcing prohibitions against peer-to-peer 
violence." 
http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/us_commission_civil_11_violence_1111.pdf

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Muna Basnyat 
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Terre des hommes Foundation              
Kathmandu, Nepal