Solutions

These case studies spotlight the solutions featured in our evidence review and practice-based knowledge guidance framework. They highlight what works to prevent and respond to childhood sexual violence in low- and middle-income countries. 

This is not a comprehensive list of solutions. New case studies are added monthly.

End School Related Gender Based Violence Program Sierra Leone
Evidence-based

End School-Related Gender-Based Violence program

Preventing school-related gender-based violence through life skills training for students and capacity building for teachers and school leaders in 200 schools in the Kenema and Kono districts, Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone Safe environments
Mi Sol hero image
Evidence-based

Mi Sol

Improving knowledge and skills for preventing sexual violence among 5th-grade students, parents and caregivers, and strengthened emotional expression, body awareness, and self-esteem in children.

Perú Education and life skills
EN, ES, FR
Safe Schools for Teens, The Philippines
Evidence-based

Safe Schools for Teens

Improving knowledge and behaviors related to identifying, disclosing and reporting child sexual abuse among teachers and students, and using mindfulness techniques to improve emotional regulation to prevent peer dating violence.

Republic of the Philippines Education and life skills
EN, ES, FR
Evidence-based

HappyToto digital game

A mobile-based digital game designed to provide culturally sensitive childhood sexual abuse prevention education for children aged 3 to 5 in Tanzania.

Tanzania Norms and values
EN, ES, FR
COMPASS Ethiopia hero image
Evidence-based

Creating Opportunities through Mentorship, Parental Involvement, and Safe Spaces (COMPASS)

Implemented in conflict-affected communities, refugee camps, and displaced populations to address the drivers of violence against adolescent girls in humanitarian settings.

Ethiopia Pakistan Democratic Republic of Congo Safe environments
EN, ES, FR
Evidence-based

I Have the Right to Feel Safe

A 10-week school-based program aimed at preventing childhood sexual violence by increasing awareness and teaching self-defense techniques.

Ecuador Education and life skills
EN, ES, FR
Evidence-based

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 Response and support services
EN, ES, FR
Cash plus teenagers Tanzania UNICEF
Evidence-based

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 Income and economic strengthening
EN, ES, FR
Evidence-based

Empowering Communities to Protect Children project

Preventing 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 Response and support services
EN, ES, FR
Amani girls organization
Evidence-based

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 Norms and values
EN, ES, FR
Evidence-based

Empowerment and Livelihood of Adolescents (ELA)

Through a combination of education and economic empowerment, young girls gain the knowledge and tools to overcome barriers and reach their full potential.

Uganda Safe environments
EN, ES, FR
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Evidence-based

Victim-Friendly Courts

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 Implementing laws
EN, ES, FR
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