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Questions and Answers for Children and Young People on the UN Study on Violence Against Children
Questions and Answers for Children and
Young People on the UN Study on
Violence Against Children


Publications for the United Nations Study on Violence against Children:

So you want to involve children in research? (with Gillian Mann), part of Supporting children's meaningful and ethical participation in work around violence against children, a series of toolkits produced by Save the Children for the UN Study, Save the Children Sweden, 2004.
Click here to download the report from Save the Children Sweden's website
Also available in French and Spanish.

Workshop Report: Child Participation in the UN Study on Violence against Children (with Clare Feinstein and Ravi Karkara) 2004.
Click here to download the report

Four child-friendly documents (with Liz Kwast)

  • United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children, adapted for children and young people, Oct 2006. To be available in many languages.
  • United Nations Study on Violence against children: Concept Paper - Child-friendly version
  • Questions and Answers for Children and Young People on the UN Study
    Developed through an interactive process gathering and responding to questions from children by email. Available in French and Spanish.
  • What Save the Children thinks about physical and humiliating punishment. 2005

Special launch web feature of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study Report on Violence Against Children

Click here to download United Nations Study on Violence against children: Concept Paper - Child-friendly version

Click here to download Questions and Answers for Children and Young People on the UN Study

The ethical participation of children in research
Article in ARVAC bulletin No 93, August 2004.