Violence Against Children : Prevention and Response

Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa and the third-largest worldwide. Because of ongoing conflicts and instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Uganda is hosting over 1.33 million refugees and asylum seeke...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN DISPLACE PERSONS MIGRATION FORCED DISPLACEMENT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE LIVELIHOODS SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SERVICES WATER AND SANITATION HYGIENE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/727261586329170205/Practical-Guidance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33573

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spelling	okr-10986-335732021-05-25T09:35:28Z Violence Against Children : Prevention and Response World Bank VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN DISPLACE PERSONS MIGRATION FORCED DISPLACEMENT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE LIVELIHOODS SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SERVICES WATER AND SANITATION HYGIENE Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa and the third-largest worldwide. Because of ongoing conflicts and instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Uganda is hosting over 1.33 million refugees and asylum seekers. The prolonged and steady influx of refugees has far-reaching implications. Refugee-hosting areas are among the poorest and least-developed areas in the country. Women and children comprise eight-two percent of Uganda’s overall refugee population. The country is likely to continue experiencing an influx of refugees as it continues to implement its open-door policy. This note provides practical guidance on how to effectively identify, assess, and manage the risk of violence against children (VAC) in a context of a development response to forced displacement. It is intended to help government and non-government actors involved in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Uganda Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) ensure that there are effective mechanisms in place for the identification and response to risk of VAC. 2020-04-10T14:58:18Z 2020-04-10T14:58:18Z 2020-01 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/727261586329170205/Practical-Guidance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33573 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Uganda
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description	Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa and the third-largest worldwide. Because of ongoing conflicts and instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Uganda is hosting over 1.33 million refugees and asylum seekers. The prolonged and steady influx of refugees has far-reaching implications. Refugee-hosting areas are among the poorest and least-developed areas in the country. Women and children comprise eight-two percent of Uganda’s overall refugee population. The country is likely to continue experiencing an influx of refugees as it continues to implement its open-door policy. This note provides practical guidance on how to effectively identify, assess, and manage the risk of violence against children (VAC) in a context of a development response to forced displacement. It is intended to help government and non-government actors involved in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Uganda Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) ensure that there are effective mechanisms in place for the identification and response to risk of VAC.
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title	Violence Against Children : Prevention and Response
title_short	Violence Against Children : Prevention and Response
title_full	Violence Against Children : Prevention and Response
title_fullStr	Violence Against Children : Prevention and Response
title_full_unstemmed	Violence Against Children : Prevention and Response
title_sort	violence against children : prevention and response
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/727261586329170205/Practical-Guidance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33573
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