Our model
Children and adolescents have the right to live free from violence. We all have a role to play in making this a reality.
Our four interconnected initiatives leverage data, evidence, advocacy, and survivor voices to create a multifaceted approach to ending violence against children, especially sexual violence.
By connecting the dots among understanding the problem, identifying effective solutions, tracking progress, and mobilizing for action, we create a synergistic effect that amplifies our impact toward our mission to create a world where every child and adolescent is safe, protected and thriving.
1. VACS Data to Action: Understanding the problem and mobilizing governments for action
The Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) provide critical insights into the prevalence, nature, and consequences of violence against children.
VACS data is essential to understanding the specific contexts and challenges of violence against children in each country, thereby informing the development of targeted programs and policies for an effective multisectoral, country-led response.
Explore the findings from the VACS
2. Safe Futures Hub: Sharing solutions that work to keep children safe
Building on the insights provided by VACS, the Safe Futures Hub acts as a repository, a learning space, and a dissemination point for the best and latest evidence on interventions that work to address and solve the problem of childhood sexual violence.
It ensures that stakeholders across sectors have access to proven strategies and interventions that can be adapted and implemented in their contexts to prevent violence and support survivors.
Safe Futures Hub partners
3. Out of the Shadows Index: Tracking countries’ progress
The Out of the Shadows Index provides a measurable and comparative analysis of countries' response to sexual violence against children and highlights areas for improvement, offering a benchmark for countries to aspire to and a tool for advocacy groups to demand action.
It motivates governments and stakeholders to improve their responses and adopt best practices identified through VACS and the Safe Futures Hub.
Out of the Shadows Index partners
4. Brave Movement: Ending the silence and building political pressure to act
The Brave Movement mobilizes the collective power of survivors and allies to demand action from leaders and decision-makers. Using the data and evidence gathered by VACS, the solutions highlighted in the Safe Futures Hub, and the accountability framework provided by the Out of the Shadows Index it works to build political will and ensure that inaction is not an option.
It represents the action-oriented, advocacy-driven component of our model, working to translate insights and evidence into concrete policy changes and societal shifts.
