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The role of schools in preventing violence against children
School settings are hugely significant in children’s development and socialization, making them ideal venues for challenging harmful social norms around violence and gender equality.
- 21st April 2025
From data to action: protecting the next generation of women
Every second, three girls experience sexual violence. One in five girls will face sexual violence before she turns 18. Experiencing sexual violence in childhood has lasting physical, mental, educational, and economic consequences that carry into womanhood.
- 6th March 2025
Lessons from whole-school interventions to prevent school-related gender-based violence
School-related gender-based violence affects millions of children around the world. UNGEI champions a whole school approach to end SRGBV so that all children can be safe to learn.
- 24th January 2025
Exemplary efforts to end violence against children in Europe
Last month, the first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was held in Bogota, Colombia. 110 member states and 80 ministers attended this historic event to share their commitment to ending violence against children.
- 24th December 2024
Meeting the moment: data to action in humanitarian settings
Developing standardized approaches to quantify the scale and consequences of violence against children in humanitarian settings is critical to promoting children’s healthy development and well-being in these environments.
- 16th December 2024
Ending violence against children: a bold vision for US leadership
Every child deserves safety, yet millions face violence daily. An estimated 1 billion children—half of all the children in the world—are victims of violence every year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. With the recently concluded first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, the United States (U.S.) has a historic chance to turn the tide.
- 3rd December 2024
Breaking new ground in measuring school-related gender-based violence
If we want to eradicate SRGBV, we first need to understand the nature of this issue and get a better sense of its scale in different contexts. Only then we will be able to effectively call on policymakers to implement policy and programmatic changes that ensure school environments are free from violence.
- 28th November 2024
Africa’s future: how one historic conference on ending violence against children holds the key to leveraging the region’s potential
All children deserve the opportunity to live free from the threat of violence. This goal couldn’t be more critical for African nations. Africa has the largest youth demographic of any continent, and by 2030, young Africans are expected to make up 42% of the world’s youth.
- 22nd November 2024
The power of youth to create a world free of violence
We must change the record of youth exclusion at the highest levels of decision-making. The first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children set itself to include youth in its agenda and political declaration. Now, we must ensure that youth voices, expertise, and solutions are heard in keeping governments accountable for their pledges.
- 22nd November 2024
Latin America and the Caribbean: An opportunity for the region to step up the global response to violence against children
Ahead of the Global Ministerial Conference, we want to highlight the work of three countries in Latin America that have the potential to make key pledges that can make a difference in the lives of millions of children.
- 29th October 2024
- EN, ES
The case for national survivor councils in the fight against child sexual abuse
Survivor councils are more than advisory panels. They are the compass guiding the direction of policy, ensuring that reforms are not just well-intentioned but rooted in the realities of those affected. It’s time to stop seeing survivors of childhood sexual violence as the aftermath and start seeing them as the architects of a new future, where very child is protected, free from violence, and thriving.
- 17th October 2024
The power of partnership to end violence in and around schools
Safe to Learn’s calls to action and tools have helped governments around the world identify the steps they must take to prevent and address violence in and around schools. Now, it’s their turn to ensure schools are environments where children are safe to learn, develop, and thrive.
- 3rd October 2024
Digital safety must not slip through the cracks at the first Global Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children
As we work towards ending violence against children, we must acknowledge that digital technology is an integral part of children’s everyday lives, with both unprecedented opportunities but also risks of harm.
- 30th September 2024
How can we keep kids safe with only $0.09 of U.S. foreign assistance budgeted towards child wellbeing?
To ensure the continued leadership and influence of the U.S. in the prevention of and response to violence against children globally, we are requesting at least $10million in funding to support VACS directed by CDC to meet the demand across a more comprehensive geographic range of implementation relevant to U.S. foreign assistance priorities.
- 26th September 2024
Plan International Burkina Faso: The fight to end child marriage
Child marriage has devastating consequences for children, particularly for girls. Burkina Faso has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with more than one in two girls married before the age of 18, and 10% married before age 15.
- 26th September 2024
- EN, FR
Is now the most critical moment of influence for the first Global Ministerial on Ending Violence Against Children?
With six weeks to go until the first ever global Ministerial on ending violence against children we are at a tipping point to protect the 1 billion children who experience violence every year.
- 25th September 2024