🌟 Our 2024-30 Strategy is here! 🌟 Learn more about our partnership’s approach to ending violence against children and adolescents through our 4 initiatives👇 📊 The VACS Data to Action process informs policy and programming to strengthen prevention, healing and justice for children worldwide. 💡 The Safe Futures Hub will showcase and share practice-based knowledge and evidence-led solutions to #EndSexualViolenceAgainstChildren. #️⃣ Out of The Shadows, built on the original index developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), will highlight the advancements made by different countries to prevent sexual violence against children. ✊ The Brave Movement campaigning to end childhood sexual violence, elevates the voices of survivor experts and builds political will to create a safer world - ensuring that inaction is not an option. 🔗 bit.ly/3Xxwsyh Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) WeProtect Global Alliance #ViolenceIsPreventable
Together for Girls
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We are a global partnership dedicated to ending violence against children, especially sexual violence against girls
About us
Together for Girls is a global public-private partnership dedicated to ending violence against children, particularly sexual violence against girls. In partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector, Together for Girls calls attention to the issue of violence against children and mobilizes support for country-driven efforts for change through a three-pronged approach to prevent and respond to violence: 1. National Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS) and data, led by CDC as part of the Together for Girls partnership, to document the magnitude, nature and impact of physical, emotional, and sexual violence against girls and boys. 2. Comprehensive, evidence-based, coordinated policy and programme actions across sectors in countries to address issues identified through data, under the leadership of national governments, with overall coordination and technical support led by UNICEF. Multi-sectoral responses include legal and policy reform, improved services for girls and boys who have experienced violence, and prevention programs. 3. Global advocacy and public awareness efforts to bring attention to the problem, promote evidence-based solutions, and provide a platform for survivors, young people, and advocates to share their stories. Founded in 2009, the Together for Girls partnership brings together six UN agencies, the governments of the United States and Canada, several private sector organizations, and implementing country governments to prevent and respond to violence against children, as a fundamental step to achieving individual rights and well-being, gender equality, and sustainable development. UN partners include UNICEF, UNAIDS, UN Women, WHO/PAHO, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, and UNFPA. The United States and Canada are represented by their respective agencies: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and Global Affairs Canada (GAC). Our private sector partners are Cummins&Partners, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), the CDC Foundation, and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children. Currently, the partnership works with more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe to generate comprehensive data and solutions to this public health and human rights epidemic. For more information, visit www.togetherforgirls.org.
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http://www.togetherforgirls.org
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 2-10 employees
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- Washington, D.C.
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- Founded
- 2009
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- Gender-based violence, Child protection, Public-private partnership, and Evidence-based programs
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Washington, D.C., 20006, US
Employees at Together for Girls
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Ashleigh Howard
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Chrissy Hart
Director of Policy & Advocacy at Together for Girls
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Begoña Fernandez
Director of Data and Evidence at Together for Girls
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Alexandra Tucci Thomas
Communications and Marketing Expert ⫸ Health and Mission-Driven Communications, Content Strategy, Coalition Building
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🌟Our 2024-30 Strategy is here! 🌟 How will we tackle the limited use of existing evidence and knowledge on violence against children❓ ✅ We will move beyond showcasing the extent of the problem to also focus on sharing the latest, best, and most relevant solutions to it. 💡As part of these efforts, and in collaboration with WeProtect Global Alliance and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), the #SafeFuturesHub will compile and share a variety of evidence, including lessons from practical experience. Read our new strategy to learn more! 👉 https://bit.ly/3Xxwsyh
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🌎 “Inclusive pedagogy is essential to shift the power hierarchies that have traditionally determined who gets to ask research questions and who only gets to answer them.” Accessible courses led by researchers and practitioners help current and future generations of violence researchers gain the knowledge and skills they need to use, analyse and interpret data on violence for research, programs and policy. Read this 🆕 blog from our colleagues at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London about the importance of accessible pedagogy to reduce the barriers researchers face in using data on violence against children 👉 https://bit.ly/3RRgnQ7 Amiya Bhatia Jodie Pearlman Constanza Ginestra Charles Opondo Manuela Balliet Ahogo Mathew Amollo Begoña Fernandez Karen Devries
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🌟 Our 2024-30 Strategy is here! 🌟 How will we tackle the challenge of lack of data and evidence about violence against children? We will continue to generate high-quality, comprehensive data through the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) to: ✅ Know where, how, and why violence against children and adolescents happens, and find evidenc- based solutions that work to prevent it. ✅ Address urgent data gaps, such as studying violence against children in humanitarian settings. ✅ Support governments and national partners to collect and use relevant data. Read our new strategy to learn more! 👉 https://bit.ly/3Xxwsyh
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❗ Are you a parent or a trusted adult? Join Project IGuardian, an upcoming webinar hosted by ParentsTogether Foundation & Homeland Security Investigations on how to prevent child sexual exploitation in your home & community! 📅 Thursday, 27 June ⏰ 8pm ET / 5pm PT 🔗 http://bit.ly/4cESRhw
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💡"Decisions relating to child protection should be made using the best available evidence." Giving Evidence recently conducted an evidence review on organisational responses to child abuse. The main takeaways were: ✅ None of the reviewed interventions were found to be harmful to children 📈 The amount of evidence on organizational responses to child abuse is growing fast ✊ There is an increasing number of studies specifically focused on survivors Read this 🆕 blog by their Director Caroline Fiennes (Newhouse) to learn more about their findings 👉 https://bit.ly/3KZQ0nr
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💡 Únanse a este webinar para organizaciones de la sociedad civil sobre cómo involucrarse en la próxima Conferencia Ministerial Mundial para Poner Fin a la Violencia contra Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes! 🌎 📅 Jueves, 27 de junio ⏰ 10am Bogotá / 11am EST / 5pm CEST World Health Organization Joining Forces Alliance UN SRSG on Violence against Children
CSO FORUM te invita al seminario web de Participación de las OSC en la Conferencia Ministerial Mundial para Poner Fin a la Violencia contra los Niños y Niñas donde conocerás con más detalles sobre la próxima Conferencia. Esta es tu oportunidad de aprender cómo puedes involucrarte activamente con los gobiernos y otros actores clave en los procesos de preparación nacional. Cuándo: 27 de junio de 2024, 10:00: 11:30 AM Bogotá / 11:00 – 12:30 EST/ 17.00 – 18.30pm CEST/Europe Regístrate con anticipación para esta reunión: https://lnkd.in/dprqgQZU Tras registrarte, recibirás un correo electrónico de confirmación con la información necesaria para unirte. Te esperamos.
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🇲🇩 The 2020 Moldova VACS found that 26% of girls & 35% of boys suffer physical violence before age 18 ❗ 💡 These findings show the urgent need for action to #EndViolenceAgainstChildren in Moldova. Learn more about the Moldova VACS results 👉 bit.ly/3RERLdo
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🚨 Call for collaboration to end child violence in the #ECSA region! Dr. Andrew Silumesii from #ECSA discusses the issue, best practices, and recommendations for action at the Best Practices Forum. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gGwNwMe9 #ECSAHC50years Together for Girls
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✊ Heat Initiative is asking Apple to make their products safer for kids. Their newest push includes a response to the now infamous Crush ad. We can’t let them crush childhood, too. #ProtectChildrenNotAbuse
Don't Crush Childhood, Apple. Today, we launched our response to Apple’s now infamous ad for the latest iPad, which drew criticism for just how much it missed the mark. Turns out, people don’t love when you #Crush humankind’s most beautiful creative tools. Crushing childhood won’t go over well either. In today’s world, tech companies play a huge role in safeguarding kids. They can do something about the harms children face in an increasingly digital world. They’re oftentimes the first line of defense, which is why inaction is simply not an option. Apple has the opportunity to make their products safer for children. Now, we need Apple to see how many people want them to do just that, and our partners and supporters play a critical role in helping us get their attention. Share now: Don’t Crush Childhood.
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