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News - In this article, an expert explains what to teach kids about sexual abuse and How to encourage children to report assaults. Data shows that the number of sexual assaults in schools is increasing, however, many cases have not been reported due to…
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Online library - The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) published an assessment of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in the Western Balkans. This is the first regional assessment of its kind looking at both the vulnerabilities of…
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News - French President Emmanuel Macron promises tighter measures to prevent child sexual abuse after many survivors shared their stories online about sexual abuse in the family. Macron has published a video in Twitter and promised screening and meetings with children to prevent…
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News - UNFPA writes about a new campaign “Fight Like a Girl” developed by Gender Stream, a grassroots women's rights initiative from Dnipro, and UN Women in Ukraine, as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Fight Like a Girl is a new online space free from…
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Online library - Children seeking treatment and attending health institutions, to take care and recovery, but instead taking services they were subjected to sexual abuse by professionals in violation of their duty to protect their patients. …
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Online library - This report by UNICEF and End Violence Against Children aims to support the further work of UNICEF, partner organizations, researchers, experts, and policymakers in preventing and responding to sexual abuse and exploitation of children, taking into account…
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News - Each year on or around 18 November, Europe raises awareness on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. The Council of Europe has held a webinar on how risks associated with sexual images and videos self-generated by…
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Online library - InCtrl is a service designed by NSPCC staff, that aims to help protect children and young people from technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TA-CSA). Between January 2019 and February 2020, InCtrl was piloted as a manualized, eight-session, face-…
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News - The first national study of child exploitation in Scotland – „Sexual exploitation of children involved in the children’s hearings system” – calls for further efforts to increase communities’ and agencies’ awareness as cases are identified in 27 of 32 local authorities.…
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Online library - “Beyond physical violence, Indigenous women and girls also experience violence in the form of racism, discrimination, and a lack of sovereignty over their children, self and nations, as well as through misrepresentations in literature, education, and research,”…
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Multimedia - Children and young people are most likely to be at risk of sexual abuse by members of their family and community, but one-third of child sexual abuse is thought to be carried out by other children under the age of 18. Especially now, during the Covid-19 restrictions,…
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News - Ukranian parents prefer to avoid talking about sex with their children, and schools don’t provide satisfactory sex education either. Many educators and parents think that the longer this subject remains undiscussed, the longer the child will wait to become…
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News - During the conflicts in Southern and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, thousands of women, girls, and children have been raped and sexually assaulted. Most of the victims have never received any form of justice, experts say. UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination…
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News - Based on the views of 82 people in 11 focus groups, Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found that racism and stereotypes among social workers and other professionals create disadvantages and disclosures for people from…
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News - In Sarajevo, in the week from June 8 to June 11, organized by the Faculty of Criminology, Criminology and Security Studies, Save the Children, UNICEF and the International Solidarity Forum - EMMAUS, as part of the EVAC (end violence against the children) project…
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Webinar - Publisher: Safeguarding Resource & Support Hub This webinar explores what the global Covid-19 pandemic means for Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment safeguarding, how prevention and response measures, including investigations, need to adapt to address the…
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Online library - The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) supports social workers and other organisations in building 'their understanding and confidence to identify and respond to child sexual abuse' (CSA). To this end, the CSA Centre designed a training…
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News - These days, while we are all focused on #StayHome, trying to comply with all the recommended measures to end the pandemic as soon as possible, have we considered the most vulnerable groups that don’t feel safe behind closed doors? There are those to whom their home doesn’t…
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Webinar - This webinar is being organized as part of the regional project "Building Relationships through Innovative Development of Gender-Based Violence Awareness in Europe - BRIDGE" which has the aim to strengthen the statutory response to gender-based violence (…
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News - The National Network for Children Bulgaria shared an article about sexual violence in Bulgaria, the victims' inability to be heard, and the poor or non-existent sex education in the country. The article notes that in 2019, official statistics from the Minister of …
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Webinar - This webinar is being organized as part of the regional project "Building Relationships through Innovative Development of Gender-Based Violence Awareness in Europe - BRIDGE" which has the aim to strengthen the statutory response to gender-based violence (…
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News - The reduction of violence against children, which is one of the most serious problems in the world according to the WHO, is a main priority in Austria's human rights policy. The country has very strict rules about maltreatment…
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News - Child abuse cases sometimes go unreported in Hungary due to lack of attention or in order to avoid conflict. Any physical, emotional or sexual mistreatment qualifies as abuse, and anyone who does not prevent or report it, qualifies as an accessory to a crime. According…
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News - The Family Secret, a documentary recently shown on Channel 4, raises awareness of a very important, but not well-researched problem: sibling sexual abuse. Some estimations say it is at least five times more prevalent than parent-to-child sexual abuse. Sibling sexual…
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Webinar - This webinar is being organized as part of the regional project "Building Relationships through Innovative Development of Gender-Based Violence Awareness in Europe - BRIDGE" which has the aim to strengthen the statutory response to gender-based violence (GBV) affecting…
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News - At the end of November, a Council of Europe experts met the key stakeholders and authorities to identify gaps in legalisation, policies and practise of online and offline child sexual exploitation and abuse in Georgia. The main topics were: Substantive and procedural…
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Online library - The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published a research with young people into their views and experiences of online risks and sexual harm. The small-scale research included 213 young people aged 10-18, which means it is not representative of the…
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News - The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published their research with young people concerning their views and experiences of online risks and sexual harm. The small-scale research included 213 young people aged 10–18, which means it is not representative of the…
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Event - #EUBarnahus – an exhibition On 25th November from 17.00 GMT / 18.00 CET / 19.00 Helsinki time the PROMISE Barnahus Network will open an Exhibition about Barnahus online an in person as well. Join to see what professionals and children say about Barnahus: …
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News - Violence against women is one of the most frequent acts against human rights, but often it goes unreported. Violence is experienced by every third girl and woman, and is also a common cause of death. Sexual violence has been present for centuries. On this…