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Connected by change: Amplifying girls' voices for gender equality
As part of the Niñas Poderosas initiative, Tejiendo Redes Infancia and Together for Girls organized a gathering to create a space for intergenerational dialogue, sisterhood, and collective action, where young women were able to share their initiatives.
- 10th July 2025
- EN, ES
Together we bloom: Digital and Community Seeds by powerful girls
Even in the face of challenges, seeds of hope can take root. When we support girls and young women to develop leadership skills and build networks of support and sisterhood, they become critical agents of social change towards equality.
- 10th July 2025
- EN, ES
Taking data to action to the next level: Launching the VACS data dashboard
Before the VACS data dashboard, the findings from the VACS were accessible only by searching through multiple PDF reports and factsheets. Now, VACS data is easily accessible to any user in seconds.
- 8th July 2025
Screening for sexual violence against children in schools in refugee settings in Uganda
The Uganda HVACS revealed high rates of sexual violence against children in refugee settings. This intervention aimed to proactively identify child and adolescent survivors and connect them to care, while also changing norms that help sustain violence, and strengthening child-parent communication and relationships.
- 19th June 2025
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