The 2024 Annual Report of the Global Coalition for Youth Mental Health highlights the Coalition’s expanding efforts to address the global mental health needs of children, youth, and caregivers.

The VACS Data Dashboard is a comprehensive online tool designed to provide easy access to data from the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) across more than 20 countries.

This free course offers a comprehensive curriculum addressing the unique challenges faced by children in refugee, internal displacement, and international migration contexts. The curriculum is designed as a stand-alone module that can be incorporated into existing social work curricula or national training programs for frontline social service workforce members. The material is most appropriate for those with foundational case management skills and providing direct services in countries with large populations of children on the move. 

This toolkit, building on prior research, presents the economic rationale for investing in the prevention and response to violence against children, emphasizing that such spending should be seen as an investment rather than a cost. Part A outlines the societal and economic benefits of preventing violence, while Part B provides a step-by-step guide for practitioners to develop evidence-based investment cases to persuade governments to adopt integrated, cross-sectoral strategies.

Join UNICEF, the Prevention Collaborative, and Equimundo for the launch of the fourth resource in the 

In this webinar organised by ECPAT focused on efforts to regulate voluntourism to protect children, the first global case study with actionable models and experiences from sending  and destination countries will be launched.

The objective of the next summit is to build and expand the momentum of the previous two GDS, by amplifying its impact in advancing the rights and inclusion of all persons with disabilities through international cooperation.

1 in 4 children globally live with a mother or female caregiver experiencing intimate partner violence. 

In this commentary, two examples of how research often cited in calls to eliminate residential care has been inappropriately overgeneralized.

Vlad is a 13-year-old child rights advocate in the Republic of Moldova. Speaking at a United Nations Human Rights Council's debate on the rights of the child on 13 March 2025, he stressed the importance of investing in early childhood development. "The earlier we act, the more chances we give the child to develop harmoniously," he said.