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

On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we focus on countless women who were denied the right to a safe childhood and subjected to sexual violence. Globally, 1 in 5 girls and women experience sexual violence before the age of 18, with 1 in 8 being subject to such severe forms of abuse as rape or assault [1].  

PAPER Our Voice Latvian Survivors: Experiences of Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation This #OurVoice paper presents insights from 608 Latvian-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. The paper is available in En

This report examines the growing and evolving threat of image-based child sexual violence, amplifies the voices and experiences of victims and survivors, and highlights the urgent need for prevention and protection measures in Central Asia and beyond. 

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. 

🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇬🇧 What are feelings? Why do some feelings feel big and difficult, while others feel light and wonderful? Join the Kip Crew on their adventure and learn about different feelings! Protect Children has developed an emotions activity booklet for children aged 4 – 9. The story and activities of this booklet give children the opportunity to think about different feelings. The booklet helps children to identify, name, express, and regulate emotions. It can be read alon

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!

Child sexual abuse affects an estimated 1 in 7 boys, yet their experiences are often overlooked. This report amplifies the voices of 1,431 male survivors from the Global Our Voice Survivor Survey, revealing distinct patterns of abuse, disclosure, and long-term impact, and calling for action to ensure boys and men receive the prevention, support, and care they need.

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.

Our Deputy Director & Legal Specialist Anna Ovaska recently published a powerful opinion piece about the importance of implementing strong legislation against AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In it, she emphasises the harms AI-generated CSAM has, even if it is not directly depicting a real child.

🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇬🇧  🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 Protect Children , together with DNA , has developed an activity booklet for children aged 5 – 9. The story and tasks give children the opportunity to reflect on digital safety skills. With this activity booklet, children can practise how to act safely in different situations in everyday digital life. The booklet can be read alone or with an adult. Fun Academy 's characters from the Kip Crew appear in the booklet's story and tasks! The activity

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

Experiences of 1,245 Norwegian-Speaking Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, and a Nordic Comparison of Online CSAE

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

STATEMENT This statement addresses the disturbing phenomenon of news media outlets using blurred images of victims of child sexual abuse (CSA) in news posts and articles. While blurring images may appear to satisfy legal requirements for privacy, the emotional and psychological damage it may cause to the victim is rarely considered. Protect Children advocates strongly for the protection of the rights to safety and privacy of children by calling for an end to the use of images

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.

GUIDE This support guide offers youth vital information about how to spot warning signs in online chats, and what to do if they feel unsafe.

REPORT The innovative research, conducted by Protect Children, gathered responses from over 54,000 anonymous child sexual abuse material...

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.