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Proven: The power of data-driven advocacy to protect children

With data from 23 countries we've successfully created evidence-based solutions to reduce violence against young girls, including ending child marriage and other harmful norms. See the VACS in action.

The Keep Kids Safe Movement calls on Washington to take action

Survivor advocates and allied leaders convened in Washington, DC to call on the White House and Members of Congress to ensure access to prevention, healing, and justice and draw attention to the silent scourge of sexual violence against children and adolescents in the U.S. and globally.

Health ministers in East, Central, and Southern Africa pass resolution to end violence against children

A recent ECSA-HC resolution prioritizing evidence-based action to stop childhood violence is a milestone for the sector with far-reaching implications for the region.

International Day of Education 2023: Prioritizing safe, quality education for every child

While school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is prevalent, it is also preventable, and there are evidence-based solutions that show that teachers and school personnel can be significant changemakers when they take active roles in preventing, addressing, and responding to violence.

“For survivors, with survivors”: Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative Conference 2022

African governments commit to ending violence against children

On May 11-13, 2022, senior government officials and civil society leaders from over 30 African countries gathered at the Pan-African symposium on violence prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A vision for long lasting change in Côte d’Ivoire

Together for Girls is promoting meaningful partnerships amongst local agencies to catalyze full scale support for children.

Together for a safer internet

International Safer Internet Day serves as a reminder that we all have a role to play in keeping children and adolescents safe online. Together, we can make the internet a safer and better place for children and adolescents now and in the future.

Human Rights Day 2021: What does it take to achieve the SDGs?

On Human Rights Day, let’s commit to accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by ending violence against children and adolescents. We must protect their right to live free from violence.

World AIDS Day 2021: End inequalities. End AIDS. End pandemics.

The World AIDS Day 2021 theme is “End Inequality. End AIDS. End Pandemics.” By ending gender inequality and the silent pandemic of sexual violence against children and adolescents, we can create a safer, AIDS-free future.

The Inaugural World Day to End Sexual Violence Against Children and Adolescents

November 18 is the Inaugural World Day for Prevention, Healing and Justice to End Sexual Violence Against Children and Adolescents.

Back to school: COVID-19 and the opportunity to build safer learning environments

We have conducted secondary analyses of the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) to understand the prevalence, consequences, and gender-specific experiences of violence in and around schools.