Recent headlines have highlighted both the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare’s (THL) recommendations on children’s digital device use and proposals for banning children and young people from social media. These recommendations are welcome, but we hope that the discussion about banning children and young people from social media will move onto somewhat new tracks.

Words matter – and help you act. Learn key terms about sexual violence, consent, and safety with our terminology guide. Open (ENG) #MyFriendToo terminology leaflet.pdf

Understanding and standing up for your own rights can sometimes feel difficult. Learn more about your rights as a young person and about getting help from the 'Tell someone you trust' video. https://www.suojellaanlapsia.fi/post/kerro-jollekin-johon-luotat

The internet is a great place to connect and have fun-but not every person or message is always what they seem. Learn to understand manipulation, spot red flags, and feel safe and in control online with the help of our guide. Read the guide to trusting your instincts. In English only.

Do you know what is a big deal? This book developed by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection will teach you about relationships and consent to help you and your friends stay safe and deal with complicated situations and the challenges you may face in your relationships. Check out the workbook here. In English only.

Not sure what actions online count as a crime? Learn more here. Open Legal information poster

Help your friend write a message using these ready-made message templates and deliver it together to a trusted adult. Open the ready-made message template here.

This manual for professionals aims to promote positive mental health and psycho-social well-being and to prevent and address psycho-social distress and mental disorders experienced by children in the context of crisis and emergency situations.

Today, on Safer Internet Day, we demand urgent action against nudifying tools—technology designed to create non-consensual nude and abusive imagery, disproportionately targeting children and women.

This poem was created by one of the parents whose child have fallen victim to sexual abuse.

Protect Children as a member of ECLAG (Ending Child Sexual Abuse Group) have signed this open letter calling for the EU to protect children online on the EU Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR). With the interinstitutional negotiations going on, it is a critical moment to ensure that children's rights, safety, and protection remain firmly at the centre of the political debate.

REPORTS Protect Children , with support from the Justice Initiative , is conducting the Global Our Voice Survivor Survey to amplify the voices and wisdom of victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence. As part of this initiative, a series of language and thematic reports are being published to present victims' and survivors' experiences across multiple languages. These reports offer valuable insights into the realities of sexual violence against children, the challe

🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇬🇧 Have you ever felt guilty or ashamed? How do feelings of guilt and shame feel in the body or the mind? Join the Kip Crew on their adventure and learn more about feelings! Protect Children  has developed an emotions activity booklet for children aged 5–9. The story and the activities of this booklet give children the opportunity to think about feelings of guilt and shame. Together with the characters of the Kip Crew from Fun Academy , the activity booklet explor

As we step into the new year, we are taking a moment to reflect on an extraordinary year of impact.

Protect Children has provided the UN with a statement on protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. The purpose of the statement was to inform the final report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children to the 61st session of the Human Rights Council (February-March 2026), pursuant to the Human Rights Council Resolution 52/26.

REPORT Our Voice Greek Survivors: Experiences of Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation New #OurVoice language report presenting insights from 1,103 Greek-speaking victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence in response to the Global Our Voice Survivor Survey , highlighting the urgent need for stronger prevention, support and healing systems that effectively respond to the needs of victims and survivors and prevent future harm. This report is ava

This article was originally published in English in Helsingin Sanomat Monthly Magazine on 12.12.2025 and has been translated into English below.

The new ECHO Survivor Hub project focuses on improving the global response for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), who are no longer the subject of an investigation. The project is being delivered by a powerful consortium comprising the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute , part of Anglia Ruskin University, the Internet Watch Foundation , Child Rescue Coalition , and Protect Children .  Currently victims and survivors of CS

Online warning messages are a promising tool to tackle use of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This report maps the current evidence and practice landscape of online CSAM warning messages.

On 10 December 2025, we celebrated five years of powerful, research-driven action to protect children from sexual abuse. In just half a decade, we’ve grown from a small initiative into an internationally trusted, innovative organisation driving change across research, prevention, advocacy, and survivor support.