Resources

Faith actors are in a unique position to provide services that address the root causes of violence against children. These root causes include family breakdown, lack of resources, harmful attitudes surrounding gender and children, and lack of education and caregiver…

Faith communities can improve their safeguarding approaches to violence against children by identifying gaps in understanding of child protection policies within their faith institutions. Faith institutions can implement standards and protocols that clarify how to appropriately interact with children, how…

Faith leaders and communities are leading initiatives to create and support systems that work to protect children on both household and national levels. This page presents examples and provides resources that demonstrate how faith actors can support the formal elements…

This article examines the engagement of Indonesian Islamic civil society organisations in the international arena by paying particular attention to the role of the Islamic modernist movement, Muhammadiyah. Beyond its vibrant religious and social activism in the domestic context of…

Faith actors and communities can prevent violence against children by working to shift harmful attitudes and practices towards children. In addition to emphasizing child protection messaging, religious leaders can utilize their trusted positioning to recognize and report cases of violence…

Faith actors can serve as important partners to global and governmental initiatives to end violence against children. Faith-based organizations can have greater social capital than governments and NGOs, and are able to reach and influence the public more regularly and…

Faith actors and communities can serve as first responders to violence against children (VAC). They are able to report and refer cases of abuse, provide emergency support, offer psychological and spiritual counseling, and present communities with important child protection information. …

This research was conducted in March and April 2020 to explore children's and young people’s reflections and perceptions on the COVID-19 outbreak. Children and young people have already started mobilising themselves, using online platforms to share their experiences and support…

The International Consortium on Nurturing Values and Spirituality in Early Childhood for the Prevention of Violence developed these country-specific advocacy booklets based on the reflections of religious leaders and other stakeholders collected during a series of roundtable discussions in 2019…

All children should be cared for in a family environment by their parents, relatives or other loving adults. But there are growing numbers of children who do not enjoy this most basic right and suffer from neglect and extreme vulnerability.…