Children across Eastern and Southern Africa continue to experience high levels of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. Preventing and responding to these risks…

At Cornerstone Economic Research, we’ve been grappling with a fundamental question: what exactly constitutes a child protection system ? In a new research…

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

Cornerstone worked with UNICEF Mozambique to analyse national survey data and produce a series of thematic briefs on child well-being. Covering health, nutrition,…

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,…