Despite Angola’s commitment to child protection, including its recent adhesion to the Global Pathfinding Alliance on Violence against Children and adoption of national policies on school safety and gender based-violence, legal contradictions and a severe lack of documented evidence have hindered effective action on violence against children in and around schools.
This study, the first of its kind in Angola, examines the drivers, forms, prevalence and effects of violence against children in and around school across three provinces: Cunene, Icole e Bengo, and Luanda. The research focuses on physical, emotional, sexual, and online violence, with particular attention to the needs of vulnerable children in low-income urban and rural regions.
The study employs a mixed-methods approach to gather comprehensive insights. This includes surveys with adolescents and workshops with younger children, alongside focus groups and interviews with teachers, parents, community leaders, and policymakers. The findings will provide actionable recommendations to guide national stakeholders and UNICEF Angola’s programme strategies on child protection, as well as strengthen the framework for child safety and inform initiatives to prevent and address violence against children in and around schools.
The study is commissioned by UNICEF Angola and led by World Vision Angola. It runs from September 2025 to February 2026. As part of this study, the Learning for Well-Being Institute held a two-day training for enumerators in Angola and three colleagues joined the World Vision Angola team in the field to lead and support data collection.
