The South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children is an inter-governmental body with a vision that all children, girls and boys, throughout South Asia enjoy their right to an environment free from all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation, neglect and discrimination. Our work is divided into the following Thematic Areas:
Early Marriage
Early marriage is rampant in South Asia with 48 per cent of young women reporting being married before the age
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The most hidden and underreported form of violence against children and youth is sexual abuse. Sexual abuse affects both boys
read moreChild Labour
In South Asia, around 44 million or 13% of all children are involved in child labour. Economic exploitation is seen
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The criminal and clandestine nature of trafficking makes it difficult to gather reliable data but child trafficking is widespread in
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Corporal Punishment
Violent punishment of children is now recognised as a human rights violation. The Committee on the Rights of the Child
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News Updates
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SAIEVAC and the Government of Nepal signs MOU
22 May 2013
The Regional Secretariat of South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC) was formally established in Kathmandu with
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SRSG in the South Asian meeting on the follow-up to the UN Study on Violence against Children
9 Jul 2012
SRSG in the South Asian meeting on the follow-up to the UN Study on Violence against Children 30/06/2012 Special Representative
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31st May 2012 – 3rd SAIEVAC Governing Board Meeting
2 Jun 2012
The 3rd SAIEVAC Governing Board Meeting was hosted by SAIEVAC Secretariat under the aegis of the Ministry of Child Development