ISPCAN

International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect - Uniting a global network of child protection professionals. #RiseUpToEndChildAbuse

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🌍 As part of ISPCAN’s celebration of World Day for Child Protection Professionals on July 7, we are proud to host a special webinar focused on supporting the well-being of those who dedicate their lives to protecting children.

Child protection work is meaningful, but it can also be emotionally demanding. Join us as we explore practical strategies for self-care, resilience, and sustaining your well-being while making a difference.

💙 Let's prioritize our health and resilience together.

Presented by: Dr. Zlatina Kostova, PhD

📅 July 15, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

We look forward to connecting with child protection professionals from around the world as we recognize the importance of caring for ourselves while caring for others.🩷💙

Register here: https://t.co/H2Yp3PmOom

#WorldDayForChildProtectionProfessionals

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Online exploitation and abuse are growing threats facing children and adolescents around the world. Prevention starts with awareness, education, and trusted adults taking action.

ISPCAN is proud to support the Know2Protect campaign and its mission to keep children safe online.

Take and pass the Pledge2Protect https://t.co/ghEgsFhjN6

and make a Family Online Safety Agreement - https://t.co/yrS7gWfdDN

Let's do this together!

#riseuptoendchildabuse

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

This can't wait.
Kids and teens are being targeted online right now — and every one of us has a role to play in stopping it. Not just parents.
Every person in a child's life.

Start with an honest conversation.
Set digital boundaries.
Know the warning signs.

[John Rich🇺🇸 @johnrich]

Over 36 MILLION reports of predators targeting our kids came in last year...Yes, you read that right. Watch the video below by my friend @TimTebow @DHSgov and @SecMullinDHS and take action on behalf of your kids.

[ISPCAN @ISPCAN]

Online exploitation and abuse are growing threats facing children and adolescents around the world. Prevention starts with awareness, education, and trusted adults taking action.

@ISPCAN is proud to support the @Know2Protect campaign and its mission to keep children safe online.

Take and pass the Pledge2Protect https://t.co/ghEgsFhjN6

and make a Family Online Safety Agreement - https://t.co/yrS7gWfdDN

Let's do this together!

#riseuptoendchildabuse

[John Rich🇺🇸 @johnrich]

Over 36 MILLION reports of predators targeting our kids came in last year...Yes, you read that right. Watch the video below by my friend @TimTebow @DHSgov and @SecMullinDHS and take action on behalf of your kids.

[ISPCAN @ISPCAN]

📣 Exciting ISPCAN updates are here!

Our latest newsletter is now live featuring:
• Upcoming global events and opportunities
• New resource highlights
• Important child protection initiative
• ISPCAN Melbourne Congress is heating up exciting program updates
• Ways to connect, learn, and collaborate with professionals worldwide 🌎

📖 Read the latest edition and stay connected with the global child protection community

🔗 https://t.co/n4OJ0th94a

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⚠️ Important update: The ISPCAN Africa Rise Up Policy Forum and Huddle, planned for June 2026 in Kampala, has been postponed to 23-25 February 2027 due to the WHO-declared Ebola Public Health Emergency of International Concern in DRC and Uganda.

Attendee safety is our top priority. Full details and FAQs: 🔗 https://t.co/3RuYHXISfv

#ISPCAN #RiseUptoEndChildAbuse

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📣 The full program for the ISPCAN Melbourne Congress is now available!

@ISPCAN & @AusChildhood invite you to join global 🌍 leaders, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates in Melbourne from August 24–27, 2026, for an inspiring multidisciplinary event focused on transforming approaches to safety and healing in child protection. The Congress will feature cutting-edge research, practical innovations, global networking opportunities, wellness activities, working groups, and the Rise Up Policy Forum dedicated to advancing public health approaches to ending child abuse and neglect.

🌟 Highlights include:
*More than 485 presentations and 138 engaging sessions
*Global experts across medicine, social work, psychology, public health, law, education, and research
*Practical tools and evidence-based strategies you can apply immediately
*Opportunities to connect with professionals from over 70 countries
*Dedicated sessions on trauma healing, digital safety, youth justice, out-of- home care, prevention, and systems strengthening
*The ISPCAN Rise Up Policy Forum on August 27 focused on advancing public health and system-strengthening solutions for child protection worldwide 🌍

Explore the full program and register here 🔗 Melbourne Scientific - ISPCAN

Learn more about the Congress 🔗 Melbourne 2026 - ISPCAN

#riseuptoendchildabuse
#ispcan2026

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📢 GOING LIVE TODAY!

We’re excited to share the programme for the 1st African Regional Rise Up Policy Forum & ISPCAN Huddle Programme, taking place in Kampala, Uganda 🇺🇬 from 24–26 June 2026.

✨ 40+ sessions across 3 days
✨ 47 partner organisations & government ministries
✨ Learning and collaboration from 16 African countries

This landmark convening brings together governments, policymakers, researchers, practitioners, funders, and community leaders to strengthen child protection systems through evidence, collaboration, and public health approaches.

🔍 Programme Highlights Include:
• Cultivating Responsible, Engaged & Loving Fathers in Uganda
• Kenya’s Cross-Sector Coordination Model on Access to Justice for Children
• Lessons from South Africa on Embedding Communities of Practice into Government Systems
• Why Child Helplines in Africa Are Critical in Protecting Children
• Scaling Parenting Programmes in Kenya & Rwanda
• Strengthening Online Child Protection across Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin & Togo

💡 Day 3 Special Focus:
Funding & Financing Masterclass and Lab
Including:
• Mobilising funding for prevention
• Costing child protection systems
• Building effective government–civil society partnerships
🌍 Delegates from 24 countries and representatives from 17 governments are already registered!

🗓 Early bird registration ends: 22 May
🔗 Registration closes: 1 June

👉 View the programme: https://t.co/P17wS1jqEX
👉 Register here: https://t.co/d2pVdmoI86

Join us in Kampala together with @AfriChildCentre, @IIDC_Ug, @TheHaruvInstitute and the Government of Uganda as we build the community of practice, profile African expertise, challenges and solutions, and strengthen child protection systems across the continent.

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ISPCAN International Parter @togetherforgirls launched the #OutOfTheShadows Index at #WHA79 today.

This new landmark global benchmark measures how governments are preventing and responding to sexual violence against children and adolescents.

🌏 It ranks 60 countries across six regions, representing 83% of the world’s children, and evaluates performance across 23 indicators researched and developed by @economistimpact with input from technical experts, including youth and survivor voices.

“Countries need to see the painful reality of childhood sexual violence. The Out of the Shadows Index is a great tool to track evidence based solutions and develop better systems of care." -- Pragathi Tummala, CEO, ISPCAN

Explore the full index: https://t.co/tKSjfRtlmD

It's also available on our website for ISPCAN members: https://t.co/J7PbkdONDY

#EndSexualViolenceAgainstChildren

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Ending Violence Against Children: From Global Evidence to Health System Action

Violence against children, including sexual exploitation and abuse, affects up to one billion children every year. Yet this preventable public health crisis remains under-measured, under-resourced and insufficiently integrated into health policy.

This official side event at the 79th World Health Assembly will explore how health systems can better prevent, identify and respond to violence against children. Drawing on new global evidence and national leadership from Iceland and the Philippines, the event will offer practical insights for translating data into action.

This event is co-sponsored by the governments of Costa Rica and the Philippines, and ISPCAN. It is co-organised by the government of Iceland, Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute, and Child Protection Network (Philippines)

Register Here: https://t.co/i8fnqBPfAq

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@AfriChildCentre @Educ_SportsUg @hiltonfound @Mglsd_UG @ClareBangi @opobo_timothy @EchidnaGiving @PrimaryDiv @EduCannotWait @UNICEFUganda @PlanUganda @LABE_Ug Congratulations. This is excellent 🙌🏽

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📣 Tomorrow! Launch: Adolescent Programming to Prevent Violence. Hosted by @UnicefFor , @UNICEFInnocenti and @UNICEF_uk

🗓️ Tuesday, 21 April at 10:00 AM (EDT) / 4:00 PM (CET) / 6:00 PM (EAT)

Register Here: 🔗 https://t.co/SYTWKcHgii

How does violence against children and violence against women intersect in adolescence? And how can different sectors work together to ensure that adolescents don't fall through the cracks of prevention efforts?

Evidence shows that violence against children and violence against women intersect in multiple ways, and that adolescence is a particularly critical period, often marked by heightened vulnerability to certain forms of violence. At the same time, adolescents are often overlooked by both fields, falling between child‑focused and women‑focused prevention and response efforts.

Join UNICEF Innocenti and UNICEF UK in the launch of the Adolescent Programming to Prevent Violence brief, part of the Evidence to Action series: Working at the Intersections of Violence Against Children and Violence Against Women

#riseuptoendchildabuse

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“Child Protection system strengthening and deinstitutionalisation in Indonesia: Lessons learned”

Save the Children’s Dr. Sudrajat explores lessons learned in strengthening child protection systems and advancing deinstitutionalisation in his keynote at #ispcan2026

Join our global 🌎 community as we explore “Transforming Approaches to Safety and Healing”—and shaping what comes next in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺. We come together to share insights, connect across disciplines, learn from experience, and drive policy forward.

🗓️ August 24-27, 2026

Secure your place and join the conversation: 🔗 https://t.co/F5CILVlKGM

#riseuptoendchildabuse
#ispcan2026

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ISPCAN April News: New Regional Policy Forum & Huddle + more - https://t.co/kQimzfSUGN

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Really pleased and excited to tell you that registrations and session proposals for the Uganda 2026 Rise Up Policy Forum and Huddle are now open!

The Africa regional ISPCAN Huddle and Rise Up Policy Forum in Kampala, 24-26 June 2026 will convene child protection experts and leaders from across the continent to innovate, collaborate, and share best practices, catalysing progress and turning pledges into progress on the ground.

Hosted by: ISPCAN and the Government of Uganda with ISPCAN country partners The AfriChild Centre, IIDC Impact and Innovations Development Centre and the Haruv Institute.

Who will be there: 250+ child protection policy, research and practice experts including local, regional and national government technical experts, policy makers and practitioners; researchers and academics; I/NGOs, community and faith organizations; survivors and funders, from across sectoral disciplines.

Registration information here: https://t.co/3RuYHXISfv

Share your work with fellow African child protection experts. Propose a session for the Rise Up Policy Forum or present a poster.

Session proposal deadline: 4 May 2026
Poster proposal deadline: 1 June 2026

Guidance on proposing a session or poster here: https://t.co/Fnetmpmhi3

Registration only open to people who live and work in Africa.
Hope you can join us!

#riseuptoendchildabuse

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“Teaching children autonomy and obedience as risk factors for sexual abuse”

This is just a glimpse of what Survivor and Youth Advocate, Emma Hakansson will bring to her keynote at #ispcan2026.

Join our global 🌎 community as we explore “Transforming Approaches to Safety and Healing”—and shaping what comes next @in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺. We come together to share insights, connect across disciplines, learn from experience, and drive policy forward.

🗓️ August 24-27, 2026

Secure your place and join the conversation: 🔗https://t.co/0PNXyEDOs0

#riseuptoendchildabuse
#ispcan2026

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🔍Explore this special issue through an interactive infographic
Children and young people have the right to be heard—and to shape the systems designed to protect them.
Our special issue, “Honouring Child and Youth Voices and the Right to Participation” in Child Protection Research and Practice, brings together powerful research that centers their voices and lived experiences.

✨ Dive into the key insights through our infographic

📖 Read, cite, and share all articles free until the end of 2026

Join us in amplifying youth voices and advancing more inclusive, participatory approaches to child protection.

Read here: https://t.co/oauLuJdYD5

#riseuptoendchildabuse