It is estimated that each year around 1 billion children worldwide experience interpersonal violence including corporal punishment, maltreatment, bullying, sibling or peer violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse 1.
Its impact strategy will ensure that findings will be widely disseminated so they can inform international violence reduction policies and programmes. Activities will support the local expertise in each site, as well as strengthen their research infrastructure and collaborative networks.
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It is designed to make a substantial contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs , launched by the United Nations in , which include the call on all nations to end violence against children and adolescents by , and to promote their well-being 3.
EBLS aims to answer questions such as: What is the level of exposure to violence in a city and its communities? What are the risk factors for violence against children and their mothers? What is needed to reduce levels of violence against children and their mothers across entire cities? What resources do cities have to do this? How can they develop cost-effective strategies that respond to their needs? We chose medium-size cities because cities are catalysts for progressive change due to their potential to cross-fertilise ideas, attract talent and expertise, and provide a testing ground for innovation: Kingston, Jamaica; Koforidua, Ghana; Worcester, South Africa; Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Tarlai, Pakistan; Ragama, Sri Lanka; Hue, Vietnam; and Valenzuela, Philippines.
The survey data showed substantial variation across cities regarding exposure to violence but overall more than half of the pregnant women 54 percent who participated remembered having been victims of violence e. The rates were highest in Kingston 72 percent , Worcester 68 percent and Ragama 67 percent , while expectant mothers in Tarlai and Hue reported lower rates 27 percent and 35 percent.
