Regional child protection situation analysis - Pacific : final report Katherine Gilbert and Holly Doel Mackaway (joint first authors), Minhui Law, Cormac Mercer, Iris Low, Katrina Ma’u Fatiaki, Abel Yamba, Ruth Maetala and Anne Pakoa
By: Gilbert, Katherine
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Contributor(s): Mackaway, Holly Doel | Law, Minhui | Mercer, Cormac | Low, Iris | Fatiaki, Katrina Ma'u | Yamba, Abel | Maetala, Ruth | Pakoa, Anna.
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BookPublisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Save the Children, 2023Description: electronic document (210 pages) ; PDF file.Subject(s): ADOLESCENTS | ATTITUDES | CHILD ABUSE | CHILD MARRIAGE | CHILD PROTECTION | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE | CHILDREN'S RIGHTS | CLIMATE CHANGE | COLONISATION | CORPORAL PUNISHMENT | COVID-19 | DISCIPLINE | INTERVENTION | MIGRATION | PACIFIC PEOPLES | PANDEMICS | PARENTING | POVERTY | PRIMARY PREVENTION | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | STATISTICS | TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | VOICES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE | YOUNG PEOPLE | YOUNG WOMEN | INTERNATIONAL | FIJI | PACIFIC | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | SOLOMON ISLANDS | TONGA | VANUATUOnline resources: Download final report, PDF | Download related Child-led research report, PDF | Download summary report, PDF | Read media release, RNZ, 9 May 2024 Summary: The Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, together with Macquarie University and in-country research collaborators, was commissioned by Save the Children (SC) to undertake a regional situational analysis of child protection systems in Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
The aim of the situational analysis was to understand recent changes to the socio-ecological context in which violence against children occurs in five Pacific countries and to suggest potential strategies for SC to strengthen child protection systems, particularly at the community level.
This report presents data from a literature review, as well as primary research in each country. This includes
engagement with over:
• 52 child protection stakeholders in interviews and 64 in online surveys;
• 179 caregivers in focus group discussions and 148 in online surveys; and
• 153 children aged between 8-16 years in focus group discussions (including child led research in Fiji
and Solomon Islands) and 39 in online surveys.
Research question 1: Nature and extent of violence.
Research question 2: Strengths and gaps in child protection systems.
Research question 3: Recommendations to Save the Children.
(From the Executive summary).
Follow the links to read the associated reports - Child-led research report (63 pages) and Summary Report (99 pages) Record #8719
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Published 29 December 2023
The Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, together with Macquarie University and in-country research collaborators, was commissioned by Save the Children (SC) to undertake a regional situational analysis of child protection systems in Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
The aim of the situational analysis was to understand recent changes to the socio-ecological context in which violence against children occurs in five Pacific countries and to suggest potential strategies for SC to strengthen child protection systems, particularly at the community level.
This report presents data from a literature review, as well as primary research in each country. This includes
engagement with over:
• 52 child protection stakeholders in interviews and 64 in online surveys;
• 179 caregivers in focus group discussions and 148 in online surveys; and
• 153 children aged between 8-16 years in focus group discussions (including child led research in Fiji
and Solomon Islands) and 39 in online surveys.
Research question 1: Nature and extent of violence.
Research question 2: Strengths and gaps in child protection systems.
Research question 3: Recommendations to Save the Children.
(From the Executive summary).
Follow the links to read the associated reports - Child-led research report (63 pages) and Summary Report (99 pages) Record #8719
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