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Gender-based violence against children in emergencies: Save the Children UK's response
JOURNAL: Gender & Development
VOLUME: 15 ISSUE: 1
THEME: Gender-based Violence
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AUTHOR:
Tina Hyder Johanna Mac Veigh
EDITED BY:
Joanna Hoare
ISSN: 1355-2074 E-ISSN: 1364-9221
STOCK CODE: 002J1197
AVAILABILITY:
Available online only
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT:
Downloadable PDF
(pp: 13)
PUBLISHED:
Mar 2007
READERSHIP:
Activists and Campaigners, Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Professional and Practitioners,
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ABSTRACT
Violence against children is a global phenomenon. During humanitarian crises, and armed conflict in particular, the potential for gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation, increases. Children, particularly adolescent girls, are vulnerable. This article traces the impact of an exposé of sexual abuse by humanitarian workers on the wider protection policies and practices of Save the Children UK. The article concludes that awareness of gender discrimination must underpin the implementation of protection policies for all children and their carers. Furthermore, it proposes that comprehensive responses to GBV must be devised, alongside prevention strategies, if children are to be effectively protected.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not
necessarily reflect the policies of Oxfam GB
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