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Impact of Covid-19 on privately run residential care institutions
Over the past decade, the number of orphanages has increased significantly in many poor countries. This occurs despite the fact that as many as 80
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The situation with covid-19 makes children at risk even more vunerable
At Childhood, we have been working with preventing child sexual abuse for more than twenty years. Thus we know, that when schools close and children
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“There are so many young people who post price lists for their bodies and society is not reacting”
It’s Tuesday evening, I’m sitting in a half-empty co-working space in central Stockholm with a few volunteers, eating sweets and scrolling on my computer. Sofia,
Three minutes can make a difference for children at risk
Early intervention when children are small is the best way to influence children’s health and development in a positive direction – even small effects on
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism – The Cambodia case
The issue of traveling sex offenders has long been a serious problem in Cambodia. When the pandemic hit, one unexpected consequence was that these offenders
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Everyday heroes on the street
Poverty makes children vulnerable to violence and abuse. Children from poor families are more likely to work on the street to help their families, by
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The invisible boys
Can boys ever be sexually abused? The answer might seem obvious, but at Childhood we have seen how the abuse of boys is often forgotten
Childhood hosts AI Roundtable in Stockholm
Childhood and Global Child Forum will host a one-day expert roundtable at the Stockholm Royal Palace on the potential and limits of artificial intelligence (AI)
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“When my son told me he was gay I threw him out”
For many young people in Ukraine, coming out means a constant fear of being bullied, threatened, discriminated against, disappointing those they love most or being
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Broadband Commission report on child safety online launched at the UN
On October October 1 2019, the co-chairs of the Broadband Commission Working Group on Child Online Safety, Childhood USA and Zain Group, the leading mobile
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Launch of “Stella and the Secret”: “It’s a book about encouraging children to stand up for themselves”
What is the difference between a good and a bad secret? How do you say no to something you don’t want to do? Princess Madeleine
Children with disabilities – often “safe targets” for perpetrators
At Childhood, we are often asked whether some children are at greater risk of sexual abuse. Any child may become a victim of violence and
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Night patrols in Lavender Hill
It is Friday night in Lavender Hill. Dusk is falling. Rene, 13 years old, goes to buy a bag of chips at the shop around
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An engine for change
Many rest stops along Brazil’s highways are hubs for various forms of criminal activities. Poor children are also exploited sexually in exchange for money at these
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”When a foreigner asks for ‘flowers,’ the prostitutes know that he’s asking for children”
At the end of September, Childhood’s program director Britta Holmberg was in Thailand and Cambodia to launch the project “Say what you saw” (säg vad
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Childhood USA hosts high–level meeting on child safety online at the UN
On October 1 2018, Childhood USA, together with the Swedish Mission to the United Nations and in collaboration with ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development and
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Childhood opens Germany’s first Barnahus – Childhood-Haus
On September 27, Germany’s first Barnahus (Children´s Advocacy Center) is opening in Leipzig. Queen Silvia of Sweden, the founder of Childhood, will attend the inauguration
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Twenty more countries added to benchmarking index on child sexual abuse “Out of the shadows”
On May 22, the World Childhood Foundation USA (WCF) announced the latest findings of ‘Out of the Shadows: Shining light on the response to child sexual