Please find below useful links to global, regional and local organizations and/or networks that are actively involved in the field of violence prevention, child protection and research.
United Nations system
- UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children
- United Nations Study on Violence Against Children
- UNICEF – Child Protection
- WHO – Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability (VIP)
- OHCHR – UN Study on Violence Against Children
International NGOs and global networks
- Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)- Children and Violence
- Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA)
- NGO Group for the convention on the rights of the child – Children and Violence
- Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (CP MERG)
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
Regional and local organizations/networks
- African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
- African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN)
- South-Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC)
- Instituto Interamericano del Niño
- Council of Europe – Action Programme: Children and Violence
- European Union – DG Justice - Children’s rights
Research centres and networks
- Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
- Child Watch International Research Network -Violence
- Center for the Study of Violence Against Children
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Violence Prevention
- Eldis – Violence Against Children
- UNICEF – Innocenti Research Centre
- Chapin Hall – University of Chicago
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
- Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
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