Solutions Index

“Building Safe Futures: Solutions to end childhood sexual violence" is a comprehensive evidence review highlighting what works to prevent and respond to childhood sexual violence in low- and middle-income countries

Knowledge Type

Age

Gender

INSPIRE Pillar

Classification

Location

Interventions

Evidence-based solution

Screening for Sexual Violence Against Children

A pilot screening program to address the unmet need to connect children who experience sexual violence with response services.

  • Kenya

Evidence-based solution

Cash plus teenagers Tanzania UNICEF

Ujana Salama

A comprehensive social protection package for youth combining economic support with additional training on livelihoods and SRH/HIV, mentoring and productive grants, and linkages to adolescent-friendly SRH/HIV services.

  • Tanzania
  • Promising

Evidence-based solution

Empowering Communities to Protect Children project

The Empowering Communities to Protect Children project aimed to prevent all forms of violence against children, including sexual violence, and to strengthen support and response services for children in two sub-counties in Kitgum District, Uganda.

  • Uganda
  • Promising

Evidence-based solution

Amani girls organization

Learning Initiative on Norms, Exploitation and Abuse (LINEA)

"Edutainment" to shift beliefs on harmful gender norms and change behavior to prevent age-disparate transactional sex among hard-to-reach populations.

  • Tanzania
  • Needs more evidence

Evidence-based solution

Empowerment and Livelihood of Adolescents (ELA)

ELA is a youth empowerment program offering safe spaces and mentor-led, community-supported programming. Through a combination of education and economic empowerment, young girls gain the knowledge and tools to overcome barriers and reach their full potential.

  • Uganda
  • Effective

Evidence-based solution

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Victim-Friendly Courts

Victim-Friendly Courts have specialized legal infrastructures and protocols designed to reduce secondary victimization and improve access to justice for all victims and survivors of sexual violence, especially children.

  • Zimbabwe
  • Prudent

Evidence-based solution

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DeafKidz Defenders

The DeafKidz Defenders program uses a play-based EdTech resource with thematic minigames and scenarios to increase children’s ability to recognize and respond to online and offline abuse.

  • South Africa
  • Pakistan
  • Prudent

Evidence-based solution

Model national response

WeProtect Global Alliance Model National Response

The WPGA Model National Response framework equips countries with practical, multi-sectoral strategies to end child sexual exploitation and abuse online.

  • Global
  • Prudent

Evidence-based solution

Parentapp

Parenting for Lifelong Health ‘ParentApp Teen’ Program

ParentApp Teen is a cost-effective digital intervention designed to empower caregivers with positive parenting strategies to prevent and respond to violence against children.

  • Tanzania
  • Effective

Evidence-based solution

DREAMS participant

DREAMS program

The DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe) program is a multisectoral HIV prevention program for at-risk adolescent girls and young women.

  • Kenya
  • Effective
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