ISPCAN

06/04/2026

📣 Exciting ISPCAN updates are here!

Our latest newsletter is now live featuring:
• Upcoming global events and opportunities
• New resource highlights
• Important child protection initiative
• ISPCAN Melbourne Congress is heating up with exciting program updates
• Ways to connect, learn, and collaborate with professionals worldwide 🌎

📖 Read the latest edition and stay connected with the global child protection community

🔗 https://mailchi.mp/ispcan.org/ispcan-may-newsletter-8829917?e=4a1cc0ba7f

As we look back on the 79th World Health Assembly and continued global momentum for strengthening child protection systems worldwide, we’re excited to bring unique learning and networking opportunities to ISPCAN members.

05/27/2026

⚠️ Important update: The ISPCAN Africa Rise Up Policy Forum and Huddle, planned for June 2026 in Kampala, has been postponed to 23-25 February 2027 due to the WHO-declared Ebola Public Health Emergency of International Concern in DRC and Uganda.

Attendee safety is our top priority. Full details and FAQs: 🔗 https://ispcan.org/regional-events/ispcan-uganda-2026/

05/22/2026

📣 The full program for the ISPCAN Melbourne Congress is now available!

ISPCAN & Australian Childhood Foundation invite you to join global 🌍 leaders, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and advocates in Melbourne from August 24–27, 2026, for an inspiring multidisciplinary event focused on transforming approaches to safety and healing in child protection. The Congress will feature cutting-edge research, practical innovations, global networking opportunities, wellness activities, working groups, and the Rise Up Policy Forum dedicated to advancing public health approaches to ending child abuse and neglect.

🌟 Highlights include:
*More than 485 presentations and 138 engaging sessions
*Global experts across medicine, social work, psychology, public health, law, education, and research
*Practical tools and evidence-based strategies you can apply immediately
*Opportunities to connect with professionals from over 70 countries
*Dedicated sessions on trauma healing, digital safety, youth justice, out-of- home care, prevention, and systems strengthening
*The ISPCAN Rise Up Policy Forum on August 27 focused on advancing public health and system-strengthening solutions for child protection worldwide 🌍

Explore the full program and register here 🔗 https://ispcan.org/congresses/melbourne-2026/melbourne-scientific/

Learn more about the Congress 🔗 https://ispcan.org/congresses/melbourne-2026/

05/19/2026

📢 GOING LIVE TODAY!

We’re excited to share the programme for the 1st African Regional Rise Up Policy Forum & ISPCAN Huddle Programme, taking place in Kampala, Uganda 🇺🇬 from 24–26 June 2026.

✨ 40+ sessions across 3 days
✨ 47 partner organisations & government ministries
✨ Learning and collaboration from 16 African countries

This landmark convening brings together governments, policymakers, researchers, practitioners, funders, and community leaders to strengthen child protection systems through evidence, collaboration, and public health approaches.

🔍 Programme Highlights Include:
• Cultivating Responsible, Engaged & Loving Fathers in Uganda
• Kenya’s Cross-Sector Coordination Model on Access to Justice for Children
• Lessons from South Africa on Embedding Communities of Practice into Government Systems
• Why Child Helplines in Africa Are Critical in Protecting Children
• Scaling Parenting Programmes in Kenya & Rwanda
• Strengthening Online Child Protection across Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin & Togo

💡 Day 3 Special Focus:
Funding & Financing Masterclass and Lab
Including:
• Mobilising funding for prevention
• Costing child protection systems
• Building effective government–civil society partnerships
🌍 Delegates from 24 countries and representatives from 17 governments are already registered!

🗓 Early bird registration ends: 22 May
🔗 Registration closes: 1 June

👉 View the programme: https://ispcan.org/regional-events/ispcan-uganda-2026/program/
👉 Register here: https://ispcan.org/regional-events/ispcan-uganda-2026/registration/

Join us in Kampala as together we build the community of practice, profile African expertise, challenges and solutions, and strengthen child protection systems across the continent.

05/19/2026

ISPCAN International Parter launched the Index at today.

This new landmark global benchmark measures how governments are preventing and responding to sexual violence against children and adolescents.

🌏 It ranks 60 countries across six regions, representing 83% of the world’s children, and evaluates performance across 23 indicators researched and developed by with input from technical experts, including youth and survivor voices.

“Countries need to see the painful reality of childhood sexual violence. The Out of the Shadows Index is a great tool to track evidence-based solutions and develop better systems of care." -- Pragathi Tummala, CEO, ISPCAN

Explore the full index: https://outoftheshadows.global/en

It's also available on our website for ISPCAN members: https://ispcan.org/global-reports/2026-out-of-the-shadows-index/



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The index is a global benchmark of how countries are preventing and responding to sexual violence against children. Researched and developed by Economist Imp...

05/12/2026

Ending Violence Against Children: From Global Evidence to Health System Action

Violence against children, including sexual exploitation and abuse, affects up to one billion children every year. Yet this preventable public health crisis remains under-measured, under-resourced and insufficiently integrated into health policy.

This official side event at the 79th World Health Assembly will explore how health systems can better prevent, identify and respond to violence against children. Drawing on new global evidence and national leadership from Iceland and the Philippines, the event will offer practical insights for translating data into action.

This event is co-sponsored by the governments of Costa Rica and the Philippines, and ISPCAN. It is co-organised by the government of Iceland, Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute, and Child Protection Network (Philippines)

Register Here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/yivXqaaOSI2gB3BKC6IQaQ #/registration

05/11/2026

New Rise Up Policy Brief: Ending Child Labour through Multisectoral Partnership - https://mailchi.mp/f534d5fc14f2/ispcan-rise-up-policy-forum-invite-8829821

05/11/2026

New Rise Up Policy Brief: Ending Child Labour through Multisectoral Partnership - https://mailchi.mp/ispcan.org/ispcan-rise-up-policy-forum-invite-8829790

04/23/2026

ISPCAN 2025 Impact Report is Now Live - https://mailchi.mp/11d96cb6a164/ispcan-rise-up-policy-forum-invite-8829744

04/23/2026

ISPCAN 2025 Impact Report is Now Live - https://mailchi.mp/ispcan.org/ispcan-rise-up-policy-forum-invite-8829740