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Child safeguarding starts with you: celebrating Dorcas Amakobe, Child Safeguarding Champion of the Year 2024  

Keeping Children Safe is pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Child Safeguarding Champion of the Year Award: Dorcas Amakobe, Executive Director of Moving The Goalposts. Dorcas has shown remarkable leadership in safeguarding adolescent girls, ensuring their safety and wellbeing both on and off the football pitch. She is a development expert and a member […]

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Localisation and working with partners on child safeguarding

‘Protection to Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH) is a child safeguarding issue. […] and it is not one-location issue: it is every sector, it is every programme and it is across the globe.’ Watch the recording of the webinar by USAID, From Local to Global – PSEAH and Child Safeguarding in Action

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Child safeguarding responsibilities for trustees and leaders

‘Conversations with partners about safeguarding can feel like a check list but it should be about more than that, it should be a partnership to manage risks’. Watch the full video by Jennifer Smith, from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, on How the Common Approach from Protection to Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and

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Ethics and child safeguarding in research

‘Do no harm’ is the cornerstone of all ethics.’  Watch the full video by Robert Blum, from the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, on Ethical issues in research and programming with young adolescents  Understanding the implications of ethics and child safeguarding when conceptualising or carrying a research project is fundamental to ensure children’s safety and

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Join us for International Child Safeguarding Week 2024!

We are excited to announce that Keeping Children Safe (KCS) will host International Child Safeguarding Week 2024 (ICSW 2024) from 21 to 25 October 2024. This global campaign is designed to emphasise that safeguarding children from exploitation and abuse is everyone’s responsibility.  Throughout the week, we will share resources focused on raising awareness and promoting

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Towards safer learning environments: English Schools Foundation joins KCS

Keeping Children Safe (KCS) is happy to welcome the English Schools Foundation (ESF) to our global child safeguarding network. As the largest English-medium international school organisation in Hong Kong, ESF serves over 18,500 students from 75 different nationalities across 22 schools, including kindergartens, primary, secondary, and all-through schools. ESF is renowned for its high academic

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Child Safeguarding in the Americas Summit 2024 – Press release

On 17 and 18 April 2024, the Child Safeguarding in the Americas Summit 2024 was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and organised by Keeping Children Safe together with the National Institution of Human Rights (INDDHH) and the British Embassy in Montevideo, with the support of SOS Children’s Villages Spain and the University of Reading. The summit

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Press release: For a Childhood Free from Violence in the Americas Child Safeguarding Summit 2024

We are pleased to announce the next Child Safeguarding Summit 2024: For a Childhood Free from Violence in the Americas. It will take place on 17-18 April 2024 in Montevideo, Uruguay and will also be held virtually, ensuring global accessibility. It is organised by Keeping Children Safe together with the British Embassy in Montevideo and

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Keeping Children Safe welcomes Future Focus Foundation to our Child Safeguarding Global Network 

Keeping Children Safe proudly welcomes Future Focus Foundation (FFF) into its network of organisations dedicated to promoting International Child Safeguarding Standards. Founded in Sierra Leone in 2008, Future Focus Foundation has been a beacon of hope for children, young people and women in deprived communities.  FFF’s commitment to social justice and Human Rights  Future Focus

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Press update: Child safeguarding in education and childcare online summit

Press update #SafeAtSchool2023  On 14-16 November 2023, Keeping Children Safe convened a global summit on child safeguarding in education and childcare. The education community, practitioners, policy makers and international leaders in education came together to share challenges, experiences and knowledge on child safeguarding in the sector.   Every year, organisations and institutions from around the world

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Five reasons why you should join our Independent Practitioners Network 

We are delighted to unveil our newest initiative at Keeping Children Safe – the Independent Practitioners Network Membership! This marks a significant milestone in our mission to create a global community of safeguarding practitioners committed to ensuring the well-being of children worldwide.  Why join the Independent Practitioners Network?  Our network is open to individuals directly

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