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.

Practice-based

Sacred Spaces

Drawing on practice-based knowledge and other forms of expertise, Sacred Spaces supports Jewish institutions to strengthen safeguarding by grounding prevention in Jewish ethical and theological frameworks.

USA Faith-based Survivor-led reform
Practice-based

Islamic Relief Worldwide

Islamic Relief brings together faith-based expertise and practice-based knowledge to strengthen safeguarding in emergency settings by adapting to local realities and equipping communities to keep children safe.

Mali Sudan South Sudan Malawi Republic of the Philippines Ethiopia Yemen Bangladesh Palestine Faith-based Emergency contexts
Practice-based

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Survivor expertise and practice-based knowledge have revealed how childhood sexual violence is handled within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Global Survivor-led reform Faith-based
Practice-based

Brave Movement

A global, survivor-led movement defining accountability and assessing government action on childhood sexual violence.

Global Survivor-led reform
EN, ES, FR
SASA Raising Voices
Practice-based

SASA! Together

A community mobilisation approach to prevent violence against women by transforming power imbalances between women and men.

Uganda Grassroots and community
EN, ES, FR
Practice-based

Butterfly Mailboxes

Survivor-led practice-based knowledge drove the creation of a confidential disclosure mechanism for children. Designed to overcome the barriers children face in reporting abuse it has now expanded nationally and internationally.

France Child-friendly reporting mechanisms
EN, ES, FR
Practice-based

Lawyers and Doctors for Human Rights

Patterns of sexual slavery and undocumented harm against children in detention in Syria was successfully revealed through medical documentation, legal investigation, and psychosocial practice insight.

Syria Children deprived of liberty
EN, ES, FR
Practice-based

Safe(r) Adults

Informed by those impacted by childhood sexual violence, many adults recognise risk but hesitate to act due to emotional and social barriers. This programme practises intervention skills in real-world contexts.

Global Families and adults
EN, ES, FR
Oficina de Defensoría de los Derechos de la Infancia A.C.
Practice-based

Oficina de Defensoría de los Derechos de la Infancia (ODI)

ODI has built a robust body of practice-based knowledge, drawing national attention to hidden patterns of harm in schools, and exposing systemic failures in school-based childhood sexual violence.

Mexico School safeguarding
EN, ES, FR
Kuwaza project
Practice-based

KUWAZA III

The KUWAZA III project in Zanzibar shows how prevention strategies can be strengthened when informed by practitioners, religious leaders, and communities. Practice-based knowledge from frontline work and faith-linked settings shaped a prevention toolkit that helped families and communities protect children.

Zanzibar, Tanzania Grassroots and community Faith-based
EN, ES, FR
Practice-based

Red de Sobrevivientes de Abuso Sexual Eclesiástico de Chile

In Chile, survivors of clergy sexual abuse used practice-based knowledge grounded in lived expertise to document systemic patterns of childhood sexual violence within the Catholic Church.

Chile Survivor-led reform
EN, ES, FR
Deafkidz defenders hero image
Practice-based
Evidence-based

DeafKidz Defenders

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 School-based prevention interventions for children and adolescents with disabilities Education and life skills
EN, ES, FR
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