“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
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
”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