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.

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

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.

NEWS Protect Children is delighted to announce that our Executive Director Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen has received a highly prestigious invitation to join the new Safeguarding Advisory Group established by the Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit of INTERPOL. The group will meet for the first time in December 2025. INTERPOL’s Safeguarding Initiative is a significant international effort designed to ensure that children’s rights and safety are prioritised across all of the organisat

Protect Children’s new More Than a Device pilot project aims to engage parents and caregivers in digital safety education and empower them to pass these skills to children. 

We are committed to supporting young professionals entering the field of child protection. This is why we are officially introducing the Protect Children Internship Program!

We are proud to announce that Protect Children is partnering with the Empowering Children Foundation to bring the ReDirection program to Poland. This is a significant milestone in our mission to prevent child sexual abuse by providing anonymous, accessible support to individuals who are seeking help to stop harmful and illegal behaviour.

Bergen/Helsinki - 29 August 2025. Survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation across the Nordic countries are speaking out about the widespread nature and lifelong consequences of online crimes. 1,416 survivors from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden shared their stories in a groundbreaking survey by Finnish child-rights organisation, Protect Children. New findings reveal that over 90% of survivors of online abuse experience profound long-term negative consequences. De

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has issued ‘The Horse’ - a powerful campaign about the dangers the unregulated internet has evolved into for children.

In our mission to end child sexual abuse in all its forms, we work within the Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s Project Arachnid, a global initiative dedicated to detecting and removing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from every corner of the internet. Since joining the project in 2020, Protect Children has analysed over 3 million individual CSAM images, leading to over 1.95 million takedown requests to electronic service providers. There is a child in every image.

Protect Children, in strong collaboration with ChildFund International and the University of Eastern Finland, is thrilled to announce the launch of Project Lens, which aims to understand and prevent emerging forms of image-based sexual violence against children.   This project is made possible through the generous support of Safe Online, whose commitment to child safety continues to drive essential research and action.

Last week Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen traveled to New York City to meet with collaboration partners at Marsh Law Firm and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Protect Children joins with partners to transform the global response for victim/survivors of online child sexual abuse.

Yesterday, in collaboration with the Justice Initiative and Nordic Child Tech Policy Alliance (NOCTA), Protect Children held a High-level Conference in Stockholm to advocate for stronger measures to prevent and end childhood sexual violence across the Nordic countries.

Stockholm/Helsinki - 2 June 2025. 850 Swedish-speaking victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence have shared their stories through a groundbreaking survey in an effort to raise awareness about the realities of the abuse they endured. The High-Level Nordic Child Protection Conference in Stockholm, organised by the Finnish child-rights organisation Protect Children, in collaboration with the Justice Initiative and supported by the Nordic Child Tech Policy Alliance, amp

Last week, the Protect Children team joined the IPPPRI25 conference!

Protect Children has been awarded for its holistic, research-based approach to tackling online child sexual abuse and exploitation (OCSAE). We received the presitigious 'Academic Contribution Award' at the 2025 Excellence in Online Protection gala event.

London/Helsinki - 19 May 2025. 643 victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation in the UK have shared their stories in a global effort to raise awareness about the realities of sexual violence against children, the challenges of disclosure and recovery, and its enduring impact on their lives. Their voices are amplified through a powerful report published by the Finnish child-rights organisation Protect Children in collaboration with the International Policing

We’re extremely proud to announce that Protect Children is working in partnership with Embrace Child Victims of Crime  (Embrace CVoC) to...