Stand By Me – Flexible and Holistic Support for Young Care Leavers: Smoothing Transitions from Care

Jade Purtella and Philip Mendes - Children Australia, Volume 1, Special Issue 003

This article examines the Stand By Me (SBM) programme, which was developed in Victoria to replicate the ongoing support provided in the UK to care leavers by Personal Advisers who remain available to assist young people until 21 years of age. 

Sex, Abuse and Childhood: A study about knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to child sexual abuse, including in travel and tourism in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam

World Vision Australia, Vorng, Sophorntavy,

This report presents an overview of the findings of four separate studies conducted in vulnerable communities in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam on knowledge, attitudes and practices related to child sexual abuse, including in travel and tourism.

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Children on the move in South-East Asia. Why child protection systems are needed

Save the Children, West, Andrew

This report is a shortened version of a desk review of children’s movements in the context of regional migration (Children’s Migration: Diversities, Exploitation, Participation and Protection in the Greater Mekong Sub-region of South-East Asia, available separately from Save the Children).

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Reintegration of child soldiers in Burundi: A Tracer study

Mark JD Jordans, Ivan H Komproe, Wietse A Tol, Aline Ndayisaba, Theodora Nisabwe and Brandon A Kohrt - BMC Public Health

This study assesses reintegration trajectories of child soldiers in Burundi several years after demobilization. It looks broadly at socioeconomic and mental health indicators of a large group of former child soldiers and never recruited peers, both of who participated in an economic support program.

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