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.
ISPCAN Africa Regional Network

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Regional Country Partners

Uganda
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AfriChild
Kenya
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Impact & Innovations Development Centre (IIDC)
Malawi
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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.

Special Affiliation with ISPCAN
Promotion of your organization and events by ISPCAN to our Global Audience via email, Social Media and Newsletters
Recognition on our website, in our Annual Report, and other publications
Access to the ISPCAN Country Partner Logo
Priority opportunities for ISPCAN Congress co-sponsorship
Free booth at our ISPCAN Congresses
Special Community of learning with other Country Partners
Subscription to Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal
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
Opportunity to lead trainings, webinars, circles of connecting,, working groups in your region

Africa Regional Network Resources

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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

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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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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

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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

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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