Save the Children Sweden

Publications

Never violence - The abolition of corporal punishment in Sweden Never violence - The abolition of corporal punishment in Sweden
Booklet about the Swedish legislation on corporal punishment, about how the process of the legislation and about the present situation in Sweden today 30 years later. A co-production between Save the Children Sweden and the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

Protect the children Protect the children
This book gives a background for understanding the child and practical advice on how to support the child affected by violence. It underscores the role of the frontline worker to become the child's trusted helper. What you say to the child in the first moments can make a difference between the child trusting you and getting help, or losing hope.

Listening Learning Acting Listening Learning Acting
Save the Children has developed this book as part of a package of learning materials for child rights workers and staff in child rights organisations about relevant measures to protect children. The book is about understanding how we as adults in our various roles as parents and professionals can prevent and protect children from violence.

Listendoll Listendoll
Listendoll is an illustrated storybook for children from the age of four and upwards who have suffered trauma and a difficult life situation. It is the story of a doll who faces a terrible wind that blows her life apart. She is taken by a wise bird to the forest where the trees tell her a secret: “Bad things happen, they just do, but you are still you.” The trees teach her to listen in a new way that gives her strength and perspective.

Child-led Disaster Risk Reduction - a practical guide Child-led Disaster Risk Reduction - a practical guide
This guide illustrates the steps that have been taken in Asia to replicate a successful Child-led Disaster Risk Reduction (CLDRR) program, originally piloted in Cuba. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) consists of both the reduction of vulnerability to disasters and the preparedness for when disasters do occur.

Positive discipline Positive discipline
Increasingly, parents are being advised to use “positive discipline” But parents often ask, “What is positive discipline and how do I do it?". This manual provides concrete answers to those questions.

Getting it Right for Children Getting it Right for Children
Written in accessible language, Getting it Right for Children explains how to adapt every stage of the programme cycle so that it works to make children’s rights a reality. It sets out the practical steps you need to take, answers frequently asked questions and addresses real-world constraints and concerns.

Tell Me More! Tell Me More!
This report presents children’s views on how they best can prevent themselves from HIV infection. It is often a sensitive issue to talk about children and sexuality, and it is also rare to link HIV/AIDS to children’s rights.

Neither War nor Peace Neither War nor Peace
The shocking reality presented here challenges the traditional parameters of definitions such as armed conflict, crime and delinquency; a reality that for many young people who live it daily is Neither War nor Peace

We gather and disseminate knowledge
One way of fighting for children’s rights is to share new knowledge and information. Save the Children Sweden gather information about children’s situation. We try knew models and methods and publish ours and others experiences in books, reports and films. All of our publications can be found in our online bookshop, where many of the reports can be downloaded for free.

Please, visit our bookshop for more information and subscribe to our newsletter, about our new books and reports.

A special library on children's rights
Save the Children Sweden has a library with the commission to support the knowledge management of Save the Children’s personnel. Further the library serves member, the international offices, and an interested public.

Our collection takes its starting point from the UN convention of the Rights of the Child and reflects Save the Children’s program areas such as:

  • Children and education
  • Children and families
  • Children in armed conflicts / disasters
  • Exploitation and abuse of children
  • Health / Physical environment

Beside books, the library holds reports and studies from UN such as documentation from UNICEF and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, further there is material from national and international NGOs, authorities and parliament documents. The library catalogue is accessible here.

The library is located at Landsvägen 39 in Sundbyberg at our Save the Children Sweden office. Get in touch with us by phone, +46 8 698 90 00 or by e-mail at library@rb.se.