Investing in prevention, protection, and adolescent wellbeing delivers benefits that far outweigh the costs, improving the lives of the most vulnerable children, strengthening…

In 2021, UNICEF HQ and the UN SRSG-VAC commissioned Cornerstone to investigate the economic costs of VAC. This involved a detailed review of…

Violence against children is one of the gravest human rights violations of our time. It robs children of their safety, dignity, and opportunity…

In 2023 the national Department of Social Development (DSD) approved a new Sector Funding Policy (SFP) for public comment. This new policy impacts…

This study describes the economic burden of extant levels of violence against children in Malawi, thereby quantifying the economic cost to Malawi of…

The advocacy document is intended to serve as a resource: The intended users of the advocacy document include: To produce the advocacy document,…

Any national strategy to prevent interpersonal violence should include evidence-based parentingprogrammes that support caregivers. Research on the effectiveness of parenting programmes for reducing…

South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP) recognises that safety and security are “directly related to socio-economic development and equality” and require an environment…

Government budgets are much like household budgets. In households, we make decisions about how to allocate limited income to buy food, pay for…