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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


Statement: Online child sexual abuse and exploitation in France: Experiences of survivors and insights from offenders
STATEMENT This statement concerns online child sexual abuse and exploitation in France and presents findings from French survivors.
Protect Children
Jun 4, 20243 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


ReDirection Report: Spanish Speaking CSAM Users in the Dark Web
REPORT Available in English and Spanish. Protect Children's latest ReDirection report reveals unprecedented findings on Spanish speaking ...
Protect Children
Jun 3, 20245 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


Statement: Online child sexual abuse and exploitation in Poland: Experiences of survivors and insights from offenders
STATEMENT Available in English and Polish. This statement examines the alarming escalation of OCSAE in Poland, offering insights...
Protect Children
May 28, 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...
Protect Children
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
Protect Children
May 23, 20243 min read


Protect Children Annual Report 2023
REPORT Protect Children's 2023 Annual Report gives an overview of our work to protect children from sexual violence in 2023.
Protect Children
May 8, 20241 min read


Our Voice Survivor Group Meeting: “I felt seen, respected, and acknowledged by the organizers, but also by the other participants”
On Friday, April 19th, we organized a meeting of Our Voice group in Helsinki. The meeting was attended by 18 survivors of childhood sexual v
Protect Children
May 2, 20241 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...
Protect Children
Apr 5, 20242 min read


Research Article: Investigating child sexual abuse material availability, searches, and users on the anonymous Tor network for a public health intervention strategy
RESEARCH REPORT A groundbreaking peer-reviewed article published in the high-level journal, Nature Scientific Reports.
Protect Children
Apr 5, 20243 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...
Protect Children
Apr 5, 20243 min read


Users Seek, share child sexual abuse materials on Tor, Help is Available
An international team of researchers has completed the first large-scale study of Tor users to discover what exactly they are looking for and how widely CSAM material is available through the Tor network. The researchers also conducted an intercept survey to directly engage Tor users.
Protect Children
Apr 4, 20241 min read


In Conversation With Tegan Insoll, Head of Research at Protect Children, and Dan Sexton, Chief Technology Officer at the IWF
This new episode from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) focuses on new research from Finnish child protection agency Protect Children...
Protect Children
Apr 3, 20241 min read


#MyFriendToo
#MyFriendToo empowers young people to help their friends disclose sexual violence to a safe adult.
Protect Children
Mar 27, 20241 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
Protect Children
Mar 26, 20241 min read


Strengthening Collaboration between EU-Funded Projects Tackling Child Sexual Abuse
Protect Children aims to strengthen collaboration and coordination between initiatives, highlighting the potential for greater impact...
Protect Children
Mar 25, 20243 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...
Protect Children
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
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