Building Peace From the Ground Up

This is the introductory chapter of an edited volume on violence against children. It argues that direct, structural, and cultural forms of violence interact across social systems and together produce and worsen violence against children and its harms. It calls for a multisectoral response that addresses violence in all its forms in order to support health and well-being across generations. The volume is presented as a resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, with chapters covering different methods, context-specific case studies, and approaches in practice and policy.

Key points

• Violence against children is described as one of the most significant, widespread, and preventable threats to human development.
• Direct, structural, and cultural forms of violence interact across social systems to coproduce and compound violence against children and its effects.
• A robust understanding of these interactions is needed for just and sustainable responses.
• The approach motivates a multisectoral response aimed at intergenerational health and well-being.
• The volume includes diverse methodological approaches, context-specific case studies, and practice and policy approaches.

Limitations

Only the abstract of an introductory chapter is available, so it gives no data, specific findings, or country detail. It does not describe or evaluate any particular intervention.