Care & Protection
Care and nurturing of children and prevent. Strengthening family care and family structures.
Relational Factors & HIV Testing Practices: Kampala, Uganda
Despite the global phenomenon of refugee urbanization, little is known about relational contexts that shape HIV testing among u...
A Qualitative Study of Risks and Protective Factors for Violence against Children living in Residential Care Institutions (RCIs) in Uganda
This qualitative study of risks and protective factors for violence against children living in Residential Care Institutions (R...
Measuring the Impact and Sustainability of A Community Based Child Protection Approach in Prevention of Violence Against Children
The 20-year armed conflict in northern Uganda eroded the traditional social protective safety nets and community cohesion that ...
Children as Partners in Child Protection in COVID-19 Guide
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, children and youth were facing unprecedented challenges caused by quarantine measures a...
Violence Against Children in Africa Uganda survey report
The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development led all aspects of the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey (VACS), t...
Window on the World of Violence Against Children Outside of Family Care in Uganda
Pushing the Limits of Child Participation in Research and Policy-Making through Youth-Driven Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
Understanding Social Norms to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Children in Uganda
Violence Against children (VAC) has been recognized globally and in the East African region as a serious health and social deve...
Those are things for married people” Open Access exploring parents’/adults’ and adolescents’ perspectives on contraceptives in Narok and Homa Bay Counties, Kenya
Contraceptive use among adolescent girls is low in many sub-Saharan African countries including Kenya. Attitudes and perspectiv...
The state of Ugandas Fathers A Scoping Review
The State of Uganda Father’s Report 2021 is the inaugural report of its kind in Uganda. The report is a product of the AfriChil...
Ugandan Households: A Study of Parenting Practices in Three Districts
Ugandan households play a central role in child care and protection, yet the way social interactions with parents or other care...
The knowledge-risk-behaviour continuum among young Ugandans: what it tells us about SRH/HIV integration
With a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence of 2.1% among 15–24-year-olds, opportunities for further integration of se...
The Impact of Men’s Active Positive Presence in the Lives of Children in Uganda
This report presents the findings of a study titled “The impact of men’s active positive presence in the lives of children in ...
Political Economy Analysis of Early Childhood Development in Ethiopia
Systematic Mapping of Child-Focused Scholars and Networks in Africa
Utilizing Information and Communication Technology to Prevent Violence Against Children in Uganda
From the study, it was evident that children have access to ICT devices. While ownership was low (39.5% were found to own mobil...
Protecting Ugandan Children from harm at home
Despite the 1995 Constitution establishing the duty of parents to care for their children, Ugandan children continue to experie...
Associations between childhood violence and mental health in refugee settings in Uganda
Childhood violence and mental health remain concerning public health issues globally yet there is limited evidence on the assoc...
Association between childhood sexual violence and low educational attainment among young people aged 18–24_ Evidence from the 2018 Uganda violence against children survey
Researchers have identified various factors that contribute to low levels of educational attainment. However, studies examining...
Disability, childhood experiences of violence and associated health outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda
There is limited evidence regarding the associations between disability, childhood experiences of violence, and associated heal...
Good School Toolkit-Secondary Schools to prevent violence against students: protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
No whole-school interventions which seek to reduce physical, sexual and emotional violence from peers, intimate partners and te...
Highlights from the first-ever violence against children and youth survey conducted exclusively in a humanitarian setting
Violence against children (VAC) has garnered attention as a priority issue, in part, due to the Violence Against Children and Y...
Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health: Sex-Disaggregated Associations Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Uganda
Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization have well-established associations with poor mental health. There ...
Scaling up positive parenting practices in Uganda: Research evidence from an integrated community-led initiative for reducing violence against children in Lira District, Northern Uganda
Community-based action research is increasingly gaining traction in development work, partly because of its benefits in contex...