Part 1: Global Perspectives: Surveillance, Risks and Consequences of Child Maltreatment 1. Keeping the promise: Investment in child protection and well-being as a key accelerator for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - current challenges and priorities 3. Enhancing Surveillance to Obtain Valid and Reliable Global Estimates of Childhood Abuse & Neglect 4. International Surveillance and Evaluation of Childhood Abuse & Neglect: Perspectives from the World Health Organization (WHO) 5. Violence Against Children Surveys: Lessons Learned and Future Directions 6. Understanding risk and protective factors for child abuse and neglect 7. Mental and physical consequences of child maltreatment Part 2: Contextual and Environmental Factors 8.
Climate change and violence against children 9. The global shift from corporal punishment to positive discipline of children 10. Harmful cultural practices (FGM; child marriage): Progress and future challenges 11. Child maltreatment in religious contexts: Epidemiology, risks, consequences, and prevention 12. Safeguarding in sports against child abuse and neglect Part 3: Understanding Different Forms of Abuse 13. Understanding Child Neglect: Current Insights and Future Directions 14. Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Boys: A Global Perspective 15. Labor and sex trafficking of children and adolescents 16.
Responding to the challenges of online CSA and exploitation in low- and middle-income countries 17. Child maltreatment fatalities and lessons from CDRs 18. Childhood emotional abuse - an overdue public health priority Part 4: Regional Spotlight and Groups at enhanced Risk 19. European responses to violence against children 20. Driving Change in Far-East Asia Child Protection Systems through Collaboration 21. Child abuse in the Gulf States 22. Child abuse in the Caribbean and Central and South America 23. Implementing community-wide parenting support: A case example from South Africa 24.
Violence against street children 25. At the margins of care: Systemic failures and violence against LGBTQ+ youth in the child protection system in three European countries 26. Building a global commitment to children in conflict and crisis: A historical trajectory of child protection in humanitarian action 27. Child maltreatment among children with disabilities 28. Schools and teachers as drivers of VAC in Africa 29. The abuse of children in residential alternative care Part 5: Intervention and Prevention Strategies 30. Evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents who have experienced child maltreatment 31. Collaborative approaches to responding to child abuse: The CAC and Barnahus models 32.
Decision Making and Assessment in Systems of Protection 33. Medical assessment of child maltreatment: Methods and considerations 34. Professional Training in Our Field: Key Challenges and Best Practices 35. Innovating Child Maltreatment Prevention: Challenges Ahead Part 6: Future Directions/Innovative Approaches and Perspectives in Addressing Child Maltreatment 36. Protecting Children in the Digital Age: Project Case Studies 37. Multi-System Data to Monitor and Prevent Online Childhood Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Insights from Childlight Research 38. Engaging youth in child welfare research: Insights and lessons learned 39. Your story matters: The Impact of Lived Experience on Service Policy, Design, and Delivery 40.
Ethical aspects of research on child abuse.