What we do
At Protect Children, we believe that a holistic approach is essential for fully protecting children from all forms of sexual violence. Find out more about what we do to protect children and promote the realisation of children’s rights in all environments.
Children’s safety skills education
Protect Children educates children on how to stay safe, including in online environments. We produce educational material and trainings for children, youth, parents, caregivers and educators aimed at preventing sexual violence and to strengthen children’s safety and emotion regulation skills. All of our educational material is based on the latest research in the field and knowledge gathered as part of our other work.
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Every child has the right to information, learning, and safety also in digital environments.
Innovative research
Protect Children conducts innovative research on sexual crimes against children, including research on the perpetrators of the crimes. In order to prevent sexual violence against children, we constantly need new and up-to-date information in order to understand the nature of the crimes, the perpetrators and the victims. We are conducting innovative research focusing on perpetrators of sexual violence against children in order to get more information. We regularly publish reports, research articles and blog posts about the findings of our research.
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Preventing online sexual violence against children by researching and rehabilitating offenders.
2PS: Prevent and Protect Through Support
EU-funded project to reduce child sexual abuse and exploitation.
Supporting victims, survivors, and families
We strongly believe that crimes of sexual violence against children are violence against the entire family. We support parents and caregivers whose child has become victim of a sexual crime in our peer support groups.
Every child that has become victim of sexual violence has the right to heal without fear of recordings of their abuse circulating online, possibly forever. We contribute to the removal of child sexual abuse material from the internet as part of the international Project Arachnid network.
We support survivors of child sexual abuse and advocate for strengthening their rights and restoring justice for victims on a national and international level. We amplify their voices and wisdom as part of our advocacy work and have founded the “Our Voice” survivor group for survivors of sexual violence in childhood.
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You Are Enough peer support groups
Peer support groups for parents and families of child victims of sexual violence.
Developed by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Project Arachnid is an innovative tool to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the internet.
The European Justice Initiative aims to restore justice for past victims of abuse across Europe and strengthen child protection for future generations.
Amplifying the voices of survivors of child sexual abuse.
Offender-focused prevention
More information coming soon.
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Preventing online sexual violence against children by researching and rehabilitating offenders.
2PS: Prevent and Protect Through Support
EU-funded project to reduce child sexual abuse and exploitation.
Advocacy & awareness
Protect Children works to raise awareness about the prevalence of sexual violence against children, and strongly advocates nationally and internationally for greater protections and preventive measures and to strengthen the rights of children, survivors and families affected by child sexual abuse.
Training professionals
We offer training and consultation on the protection of children from sexual violence in all environments. We train professionals working with children, authorities, teachers, and parents. We also offer training and consultation for law enforcement and other authorities working in the field of child protection to prevent trauma and secondary traumatisation.
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