Category: Child Protection and Advocacy

Anna Bowden is the CEO of The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, she has extensive past experience in impact investing, philanthropy and impact strategy. With an emphasis on building new models for social impact across the globe, Anna’s affinity for the vital work of countering child sexual exploitation, combined with a natural connection to innovative solutions to the world’s wicked problems, makes her a passionate leader. Read on for our interview with Anna! Describe your career trajectory and how you got to your current position. My career has…

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By Susanti Sarkar and Adilia Watson Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi at the New York State Capitol in Albany, pictured in February 2023, is among the lawmakers who’ve repeatedly backed child welfare reform bills. Photo by Hans Pennink New York’s legislative season ended this weekend with a disappointing finale for family advocates, lawmakers and policy experts hoping for systemic change in the child welfare system. Despite optimism earlier this year, bills that would have curbed anonymous reporting to the child protection hotline, provided Miranda-style warnings to parents under investigation and barred nonconsensual testing of…

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Monday, June 10, 2024TOPICS: Politics and Law Share This Post SAN DIEGO (June 10, 2024) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Children’s Advocacy Institute’s (CAI) bill AB 2906 (Bryan) received unanimous support from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.  According to an article in The San Diego Union-Tribune, AB 2906 would mandate that all counties stop the practice of using f Social Security disability, survivor, or other benefits owed to foster youth to pay for their care, instead choosing to hold the money in accounts until…

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (Bernama) — Some 150 students and teachers from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Datuk Undang Abdul Manap in Johol, Negeri Sembilan recently participated in an online safety awareness session through the ‘Klik Dengan Bijak’ (Click Wisely) initiative by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). MCMC said the session, held under the Child Protection Advocacy Programme, was conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, along with the Negeri Sembilan Social Welfare and Education Departments and the police. “The KDB initiative serves as a vital tool in educating the…

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More than 350 leaders from child protection NGOs, victim advocacy groups, research organisations, technology providers, domestic and international police forces, and advisors convened in London last month to tackle the global challenge of sexual abuse of children online at this year’s Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER) annual conference sponsored by Anglia Ruskin University. The debate was moving, ambitious, and thought-provoking. A critical summit in the global effort to improve online safety, Orrick was delighted to be part of this event. Startling Data A substantial amount of research focused on the use of online platforms,…

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World Vision Financial Accountability 8% Fundraising + 3% Management 89% Programs In 2023, 89% of World Vision’s total operating expenses were used for programs that benefit children, families, and communities in need. Learn More  every single penny counts we’re an open book we maximize your impact

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Safeline hosted a range of events in commemoration of Child Protection week which included a candle ceremony for victims of abuse.PHOTO: Samantha Lee-Jacobs South Africa has a high rate of crimes against children. And for organisations fighting this battle, child protection week observed this year from Wednesday 29 May to Wednesday 5 June, it is a time to drive home advocacy against child violence and abuse. For more than 30 years, Safeline Child Abuse Treatment and Prevention Centre has provided therapeutic counselling for children aged two to 18, specifically focusing…

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Safeline hosted a range of events in commemoration of Child Protection week which included a candle ceremony for victims of abuse.PHOTO: Samantha Lee-Jacobs South Africa has a high rate of crimes against children. And for organisations fighting this battle, child protection week observed this year from Wednesday 29 May to Wednesday 5 June, it is a time to drive home advocacy against child violence and abuse. For more than 30 years, Safeline Child Abuse Treatment and Prevention Centre has provided therapeutic counselling for children aged two to 18, specifically focusing…

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