Violence is a universal challenge. It affects one in two children across the world, no matter where they live. Despite this scale, there is a lack of evidence from low- and middle-income countries about what works to prevent and respond to violence against children.
Today, the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti and the Campbell Corporation have launched a tool to change that: the Evidence & Gap Map.
"These INSPIRE-aligned evidence-gap maps present a new addition to the tools available to support evidence-informed policymaking," said Dr M Catherine Maternowska, Data, Evidence & Learning Lead at the End Violence Partnership. "Gap maps can be a useful tool for developing a strategic approach to building the evidence base in a particular sector – and even across sectors for a truly multi-disciplinary approach."
The Evidence & Gap Map provides an overview of interventions – and the related evidence – working to end violence against children in lower- and middle-income countries. These maps visualise what we know (and what we don’t know) about interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. It looks at the evidence by each of the strategies and examines interventions by the type of violence, type of outcomes, and regions of the world.
To complement the Evidence & Gap Map, UNICEF-Innocenti and the Campbell Corporation have also published an overarching report, a summary brief, and a new podcast about the resource. Through these materials, policymakers and practitioners can access findings on the evidence to inform policy strategies for ending violence against children. The briefs are also useful for informing researchers and funders about gaps in evidence that need investment.
Explore the Evidence & Gap Map.