Advocacy & awareness

Advocating for the rights of children and survivors nationally and internationally

Protect Children works to raise awareness on the phenomenon and advocates for the realisation of children’s rights.

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.

Protect Children’s specialists are members of several national working groups and governmental committees focusing on the rights of the child and preventing violence against children:

The working group for the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare’s Non-Violent Childhoods implementation program

The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health’s working groups on the implementation of the Lanzarote Convention

The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health’s working groups on the implementation of the Istanbul Convention

The Finnish Civil Society Platform against Trafficking in Human Beings (IKV-network)

Recent statements

Sep 21

There is a Child in Every Image: Protect Children Has Analysed Over 2 Million Child Sexual Abuse Material Images to End the Cycle of Abuse

STATEMENT In our ongoing fight against child sexual abuse, Protect Children is dedicated to eradicating child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Jun 14

Contribution to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children call for input

STATEMENT This Statement aims to inform the Special Rapporteur’s forthcoming report to the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in Octobe

Jun 4

Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in France: Experiences of French-Speaking Survivors and Insights from Offenders

STATEMENT This statement concerns online child sexual abuse and exploitation in France and presents findings from French survivors.

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