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Project to Prevent Online Sexual Violence Against Children Gets Significant EU Funding
PRESS RELEASE 13.03.2023 Finnish NGO, Protect Children, receives significant funding from the European Commission to protect children...
Protect Children
Mar 13, 20233 min read
Abuse Survivors From All Over Europe Launch EU Petition
PRESS RELEASE 22.02.2023, Paris ABUSE SURVIVORS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE LAUNCH EU PETITION Today, on the official European Day for Victims...
Protect Children
Feb 22, 20234 min read
New ReDirection report on Russian speaking CSAM users published
PRESS RELEASE 15.02.2023 "73% of Russian speaking CSAM users first saw the material when they were under 18". New research by Finnish...
Protect Children
Feb 15, 20233 min read
New #MyFriendToo website empowers young people to help their friends disclose sexual violence
PRESS RELEASE 24.01.2023 “Only 12% of crimes of sexual violence against children are reported to authorities”. Protect Children’s...
Protect Children
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Matilda Sandvik, Child Rights Specialist, appears on Finnish television news program, Efter Nio
NEWS On 5 December 2022, Matilda Sandvik, Child Rights Specialist at Protect Children, appeared in an interview on the Swedish language...
Protect Children
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Protect Children granted 2022 Tech Coalition #SafeOnline Research Fund
NEWS Today, on 8 December 2022, the Tech Coalition and the Safe Online initiative of the Global Partnership to End Violence announce...
Protect Children
Dec 8, 20222 min read
Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Online: Debating Europe
NEWSPOST On 28.11.2022 Protect Children's Executive Director Nina Vaaranen Valkonen together with other experts in the field of child...
Protect Children
Dec 8, 20222 min read
Take part in a children's drawing competition - while practicing digital safety skills!
NEWS Protect Children is organising a drawing competition, the theme being the colors of the traffic lights in different situations in...
Protect Children
Nov 30, 20222 min read
Protect Children's Christmas Calendar has been published!
NEWS The Christmas Calendar is an important part of preparing for the holidays! Behind the windows of Protect Children’s Christmas...
Protect Children
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Giving Tuesday - Let's Protect Children together!
NEWS As winter in Finland comes, so do the long and dark nights. However, there is one way to brighten your days up – unleash your...
Protect Children
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Collaboration is the key: Protect Children shares expertise in Brussels and the Hague
NEWS Last week, Executive Director of Protect Children Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen visited Brussels and the Hague in order to discuss further...
Protect Children
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Letter to the EU: "We must make the Internet a Safe Place for Children"
NEWS On November 18, 2022 - European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, Protect Children...
Protect Children
Nov 18, 20221 min read
Protect Children joins European Funded Initiative to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
PRESS RELEASE 11.11.2022 A New European Funded Initiative to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE). The Protect and...
Protect Children
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Popular Stop, Slow & Go children's digital safety skills online workshops return in November
NEWS Protect Children continues popular Stop, Slow & Go Online Road Safety workshops to support children's digital safety skills Protect...
Protect Children
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen's Child10 Award Acceptance Speech
NEWS HM Queen Silvia presents Protect Children with Child10 Award at Royal Castle in Stockholm On 18 October 2022, Her Majesty Queen...
Protect Children
Oct 28, 20221 min read
Protect Children receives international award for their work against sexual exploitation
PRESS RELEASE 18.10.22 Helsinki – 18 October 2022, 00:01 EEST On 18 October, the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, ten European civil society...
Protect Children
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Kick-Off Event for EU-Funded Project to Protect Children: 'Prevent & Protect Through Support'
NEWS On 12-13 October 2022, Protect Children Executive Director, Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen joined the kick-off in Warsaw, Poland, of a new...
Protect Children
Oct 17, 20221 min read
Innovative #ReDirection Project Extended for One Year. Let's continue to #ProtectChildren together.
NEWS Protect Children's innovative #ReDirection project has been extended by project funder, Safe Online Initiative at End Violence, to...
Protect Children
Oct 6, 20222 min read
Protect Children participated in the Justice Initiative European conference against child abuse
BLOGPOST Protect Children’s Executive Director, Senior Specialist Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen participated in the Justice Initiative...
Protect Children
Sep 9, 20221 min read
New ReDirection & POLAMK Research: Darknet Communities Justifying Sexual Violence Against Children
PRESS RELEASE 29.8.22 Helsinki – 29 August 2022, 00:01 EEST New research from Police University College of Finland in Protect Children's...
Protect Children
Aug 28, 20222 min read
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