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International Youth Day 2024: Fostering Youth Innovation by Safeguarding Children on Digital Platforms
12 August 2024 is International Youth Day, created by the United Nations to promote causes for youth health, safety, and inclusion.
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Aug 12, 20242 min read


Protect Children Celebrates International Day of Friendship 2024
International Friendship Day, celebrated worldwide on July 30th, is a time to recognize and cherish the bonds we form with our friends...
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Jul 29, 20243 min read


Protect Children Granted Observer Status in the Lanzarote Committee
At its 42nd plenary meeting, held in Strasbourg in 11-13 of June 2024, the Lanzarote Committee granted observer status to Protect Children.
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Jul 2, 20242 min read


Protect Children Celebrates Pride Month 2024
At Protect Children, we stand with the LGBTIQ+ community as we fight to end CSAE for all children. For this reason, we’ve chosen to take...
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Jun 25, 20243 min read


Parents of Children Subjected to Sexual Violence are Often Left Without Support: Lotta Svärd Foundation Continues to Support You Are Enough™ Groups
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The Lotta Svärd Foundation has continued to support Protect Children's You are Enough™ peer support groups, enabling them to...
Protect Children
Jun 10, 20242 min read


Protect Children’s ReDirection Program Selected for Landmark Evaluation
Protect Children is thrilled to announce that our ReDirection Self-Help Program has been chosen as a high potential perpetration...
Protect Children
Jun 3, 20242 min read


Protect Children at PIER24: Advancing Online Safety for Children
Our team recently attended the inspiring #PIER24 conference, which brought together leading experts and advocates dedicated to tackling...
Protect Children
May 30, 20242 min read


Executive Director Receives Award: "Most Significant Contribution to the Global Response to Online CSA"
Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen, the Executive Director of Protect Children, has been awarded for her significant contribution to the prevention...
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May 28, 20241 min read


Protect Children Joins Mental Health Awareness Week 2024
BLOG POST Last week was the annual Mental Health Awareness Week, raising awareness for and reducing the stigma around discussions of mental
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May 23, 20243 min read


New Research Reveals Disturbing Trends in Child Sexual Abuse Material Availability and Offender Behaviour on the Tor Network
A groundbreaking peer-reviewed article by an international research team published in the high-level journal, Nature Scientific Reports...
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Apr 5, 20242 min read


Protect Children and ChildX strengthen efforts to protect children from sexual violence
ChildX is helping us expand our global Our Voice survey for survivors of sexual violence in childhood. This survey, supported by the...
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Apr 5, 20243 min read


Protect Children Selected for Scale Accelerator: Preventing Childhood Sexual Violence
Protect Children is one of ten organisations selected to participate in Spring Impact's flagship Scale Accelerator programme, which is focus
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Mar 26, 20241 min read


United Actions Against Child Sexual Abuse: Launch of 'Sparks in the Dark'
'Sparks in the Dark' aims to create links between significant initiatives in the domain, serving as a communal platform to highlight...
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Mar 20, 20242 min read


Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen appointed as INTERPOL Chair of the Victim Services and Offender Management Sub-Group
Protect Children is delighted to announce that our Executive Director Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen was appointed as the INTERPOL Chair of the...
Protect Children
Mar 18, 20242 min read


International Women's Day
NEWS This International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024, we would like to raise awareness about online sexual violence against girls.
Protect Children
Mar 6, 20243 min read


New Research Reveals How Offenders Use Technology Platforms for Online Child Sexual Abuse
n a groundbreaking study released by the Helsinki-based child rights NGO, Protect Children, alarming new insights are unveiled about the...
Protect Children
Feb 15, 20244 min read


Protect Children trains Maltese lawyers and judges on the prevention of sexual violence against children
Our Deputy Director, Legal Specialist Anna Ovaska shares her experience chairing and presenting at a two-day Academy of European Law...
Protect Children
Feb 2, 20242 min read


Child Abuse: Council of Europe Wants to Compensate Victims
The Council of Europe, to which 46 states with over 600 million citizens belong, today voted in favor of dealing with past cases of abuse...
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Jan 26, 20245 min read


Protect Children joins call to extend the temporary ePrivacy derogation to keep children safe online
Protect Children joins tens of child rights organizations across Europe to urge policymakers to extend the interim ePrivacy derogation to...
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Jan 23, 20241 min read


ReDirection International Expert Webinar 2024
Protect Children's team welcomes all professionals in the field to the 4th Annual ReDirection International Expert Webinar to discuss the...
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Jan 10, 20241 min read
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