The Safe Futures Hub is thrilled to launch a seven-part webinar series, Building Safe Futures – Deep Dives into What Works to End Childhood Sexual Violence, a seven-part webinar series based on the Building Safe Futures evidence review. This series consolidates global learning on interventions to prevent and respond to childhood sexual violence, focusing on low- and middle-income countries, where risks are highest and evidence base has been the thinnest.
Each session will delve into one of the seven INSPIRE strategies, weaving together insights from research and practice. These sessions will showcase examples of effective and promising interventions, open dialogue between practitioners and researchers, and generate concrete lessons to inform policy, programming, and investment.
These conversations not only focus on knowledge sharing but also aim to strengthen connections across regions and sectors. This is an invitation to move from evidence into action and to join a global community committed to ending childhood sexual violence.
This series aims to move from evidence to action by:
Together, we can accelerate progress and build safer environments for children everywhere
The first session in the series will focus on parenting and caregiver support, a cornerstone in preventing childhood sexual violence. The evidence is clear: when equipped with the right tools, parents and caregivers become powerful protectors, with ripple effects that can transform families and communities. The Building Safe Futures review highlights parenting programmes as among the most effective interventions, showing measurable reductions in sexual violence when programmes are well designed and implemented.
Evidence shows that positive parenting skills protect children at all stages of development. Interventions that equip parents of younger children with tools focusing on strong attachment and communication help build confidence and the ability to identify and disclose risk. For adolescents, caregiver programmes that open space for trust, dialogue, and guidance are associated with delayed sexual initiation, reductions in coercion, and improved recognition of unsafe situations. In some cases, evidence points to generational change—shaping new norms of protection within families and communities. However, the review notes that important gaps remain.
This session will share the latest evidence, spotlight effective interventions from the review, and open space for dialogue on how to strengthen caregiver support worldwide. We will also reflect on what is missing, how to make these efforts more inclusive and where we need to go next.
Join us to explore how supporting parents and caregivers helps not only prevent harm, but build trust, resilience, and safe futures for all children.