GLOBAL

PARTNERSHIP
TO END
VIOLENCE
AGAINST
CHILDREN
Partnership Strategy
11 January 2016

About the Global Partnership

Agenda 2030: ending violence against children
Strategic overview
Unpacking the strategy
The Fund
How we work

THE GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP
Why? Why now?
If not now, when?

We need to change the way that

policymakers, campaigners and the public
think about ending violence

winning the argument that

we should and can make
societies safer for children

...the Global Partnership will bring together

stakeholders from across the world to
end all forms of violence against children

turning the belief that

no violence against children is
justifiable, all violence is preventable
into a compelling agenda for action

the Fund to End Violence Against Children will be

independent of, but associated with,
the Partnership

it will provide catalytic finance to support the

delivery of the Partnerships strategy.

AGENDA 2030:

ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

Responding to Agenda 2030s
vision, goals, and targets

There cannot be sustainable

development without peace
and no peace without
sustainable development.

A world which invests in its children

and in which every child grows up free
from violence and exploitation

A world in which
every child grows up
free from violence
and exploitation

There cannot be sustainable

development without peace
and no peace without
sustainable development.

A world which invests in its children

and in which every child grows up free
from violence and exploitation

A world
which invests
in its children

End violence against children

reduce the impact of violence in
families, communities and all settings
ensure access to fair and effective
institutions and to justice for all

A world in which every child

grows up free from violence
and exploitation

End violence against children

16.2

End abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against and
torture of children

5.2

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and
private spheres, including trafficking, and sexual and other types of
exploitation

5.3

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage,
and female genital mutilation

8.7

Elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including slavery, human

trafficking, and recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end
child labour in all its forms

4.a

Provide safe, non-violent, inclusive, and effective learning environments

for all

4.7

Ensure that all learners acquire knowledge[for] promotion of a culture

of peace and non-violence

reduce the impact of violence in

families, communities and all settings
16.1

Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates

everywhere

11

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and

sustainable

and ensure access to fair and effective

institutions and to justice for all
16.3

Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels, and
ensure equal access to justice for all

16.9

Provide legal identity for all, including birth registration

16.a

Strengthen relevant institutions to prevent violence

Agenda 2030 encourages us to

Use ambitious targets to set a common strategic direction and
to encourage greater urgency and ambition
Combine universality (all countries) with a focus on the
children left furthest behind
Focus on solutions, not problems demonstrating that
it is possible to prevent and address violence
Find new ways of working together, while exploring synergies
across goals and sectors
Innovate and learn, especially over the first five years

GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP
STRATEGY
An overview of the Partnerships
zero draft strategy

Why?

Why now?

If not now, when?

Every five minutes, a child

is killed by violence

Peace and sustainable

development are linked in
Agenda 2030

Aspirational goals must be

turned into an agenda for
action

The scale of violence is

unacceptable in all
countries

The agenda sets

ambitious targets to end
violence against children

We can unify a field that

is starved of resources

Violence causes severe

physical, cognitive, and
economic damage

We know how to make

societies safer for children

We can enlist all parts of

society in making children
safe

Year 0: Where we start from

The Problem
Growing understanding
of the scale of violence
against children

Weak commitment to
tackling violence
against children

Political Will

Solutions

Violence
against
children is
intractable

Some evidence
of what works
to prevent violence

Fragmented, underfunded,
siloed implementation
of strategies

Delivery

Year 5: Where we want to be

The Problem
Data that allows us to
track trends in violence
against children

Violence prevention is a
policy priority globally, and in
pathfinder countries

Political Will

Solutions
Strong evidence base
for violence prevention
Violence
against
children can
be prevented
Multi sectoral delivery of
a common set of violence
prevention strategies

Delivery

About the Zero Draft Strategy

Published in September 2015 at the Agenda 2030 summit
Aims to contribute to the delivery of all Agenda 2030 targets
for ending violence against children
Explains how we plan to prevent and respond to violence
against children over five years
Includes a vision and mission, a set of principles, three
strategic objectives, and enablers for the delivery of these
objectives
Based on extensive consultation and research

We support the efforts of those seeking to

prevent violence, protect childhood, and help
make societies safe for children
Mission

Rights
focused

Child
centred

Inclusive

Results

Universal

Transparent

Learning

Principles
Vision

A world in which all children - girls and boys alike -

grow up free from violence and exploitation

Strategic objectives

Build political will to end violence against children

Make violence prevention a global policy priority

Work with countries to accelerate action to tackle the

violence children face
Support pathfinder countries to prevent and respond
to violence

Help countries to work together to tackle violence

against children
Tackle transnational threats to children and create a
platform for sharing knowledge

Enablers

Global movement to
end violence with children
at its heart

Finance and
resources

Data and
evidence

Monitoring
and
evaluation

UNPACKING
THE
STRATEGY
Deepening and developing the
Partnerships strategy ahead of launch

Priorities for Developing the Strategy

Consult widely on the zero draft, including with children
Understand how to operationalize the Partnerships principles
Develop the strategic priorities and enablers
Prepare a second draft strategy for feedback
Finalize the strategy for approval and endorsement
Publish at the Partnerships launch

Our Partnerships principles

Rights
focused

All children have the right to be protected from violence

Child centred

Childrens rights and needs are our primary focus. We support

children as leaders against violence

Universal

All countries, and all parts of society, must take responsibility

and be accountable for ending violence against children

How we work together

Inclusive

We provide a platform for partners from across the world to work

together, based on trust and mutual respect, between organizations
of all sizes and people of all ages

Results

Partners are individually and collectively accountable for the safety

of children. We support those whose leadership in prevent and
addressing violence is based on evidence of what works

Transparent

Learning

We build trust by sharing information and consulting widely, and

being open about our failures as well as our successes

We are prepared to do things differently, to respond to new threats

to children, to share lessons and to improve

Objectives

Build political will to end violence against children

Make violence prevention a global policy priority

Change the way that policymakers, campaigners and the

public think about ending violence
Win the argument that we should and can make
societies safer for children
Increase the focus on preventing violence
Shift the debate from problems to solutions
Unite partners around a set of building blocks evidencebased strategies that are proven or highly
likely to prevent violence

Shared Awareness

Shared Platforms

Shift debate from problems to

solutions
Tell policymakers how they can
make children safe

Unite all sectors behind an

integrated approach
Inspire a movement to demand
action and results

Building Blocks
for Violence
Prevention

Shared Systems
The systems, capacity and
investment to make children safe
Success builds political will and
strengthens alliances

1. Build political will

Evidence-based strategies proven or highly likely to reduce violence

Teach positive
parenting skills

Implement and
enforce laws to
protect children

Help children develop life

skills and stay in school

Value social
norms that
protect children

Raise access to treatment

and support services

Empower families
economically

Sustain safe
environments
for children

Building Blocks
for Violence
Prevention
Delivery systems
Guidance and capacity
Monitoring and evaluation
Overarching catalysts that drive effective delivery of the strategies
1. Build political will

Finalizing the Building Blocks

Narrative

Alignment

Evidence

Communication

Develop, refine
and finalize the
building blocks for
violence
prevention

Place the
building blocks
at the heart of
the Partnership
strategy

Identify priorities
for strengthening
the evidence base

Plan and
ensure effective
rollout and
dissemination

Present in a way
that is compelling
for policymakers
(narrative,
acronym, visuals)

Secure
commitment from
a growing number
of partners and
funders

Use the package to

guide partner
investment in data
and evidence

Launch the
building blocks and
Partnership at the
same time

1. Build political will

Building Blocks Working Group

1. Build political will

Objectives

Work with countries to accelerate action to tackle the

violence children face
Support pathfinder countries to prevent and respond
to violence

Work with a group of leaders who are prepared to step up for

children
Include countries from all income groups and regions
Support them to accelerate efforts to make children safe
Inspire pathfinders to use the building blocks to focus energy
and resources on proven strategies
Showcase pathfinder commitments at the Partnerships launch

Who?
Government committed and prepared to announce its
commitment at the Partnerships launch
An alliance from all sectors of society to prevent violence against
children, using the best available evidence for what works
Signed up to the Partnerships principles, including a strong role for
children
Prepared to identify, implement and invest in clear priorities
Ready to act urgently and to innovate, while working for a
longer-term transformation

2. Pathfinder countries

Why?
Join other countries at the head of a global movement to end violence
against children
Access knowledge on new approaches, models and methods for
preventing violence
Be supported to develop a national Partnership that brings together all
sectors
Receive funding for pilots and experimental ideas where resources are a
constraint
Share experience with other pathfinders and have success celebrated
internationally

2. Pathfinder countries

How?
Analyse the urgent threats facing children, and local and national
potential to prevent these
Align partners behind a set of priorities, drawing on existing strategies or
creating a new roadmap
Agree a limited set of measurable indicators to assess progress
Produce regular, reliable data (as close to real time as possible) for each of
these indicators
Register their commitments to addressing violence, and establish,
conduct and publicise regular reviews to take stock of progress

2. Pathfinder countries

Objectives

Help countries to work together to tackle violence

against children
Tackle transnational threats to children and create a
platform for sharing knowledge

Help countries tackle threats to children that transcend national

borders
Build a forum for countries to learn from each other
Strengthen standards and norms, and disseminate models and
best practice
Start with a Solutions Summit in 2016 or 2017
Explore potential for one or more flagship global initiatives to
end violence

Global movement to end violence

with children at its heart

People care passionately about ending violence against children

Children are important advocates for and defenders of their
rights
Civil society plays a critical advocacy role and is on the frontline
of keeping children safe
We plan to unite a global coalition behind the need to invest in
and implement solutions that will keep children safe
Children themselves will be at the forefront of this coalition

Finance and
resources

Data and
evidence

Monitoring
and
evaluation

Convince governments, foundations and the private sector

to invest in preventing violence against children

Explore the potential for innovative and results-based

funding to deliver measurable reductions in violence

Generate sufficient data to establish trends in pathfinder

countries
Address gaps in the evidence for what works,
strengthening the Partnerships building blocks

Agree a results framework and monitoring and evaluation

plan
Develop and disseminate models and best practice for
evaluation of violence prevention initiatives

THE FUND
Purpose, objectives, and structure

Catalytic
Finance that triggers a
broader process of
change for children

The Fund to End

Violence Against
Children

Independent
Supporting the
Partnership but not
controlled by it

Strategic
With funding priorities
aligned to the
Partnership strategy

A catalytic fund
Catalyst

Impact

Alignment

Fund planning and aligning stakeholders around the financing and

delivery of these plans

Innovation

Fund new ideas and approaches, exploring what works

and why

Demonstration

Fund demonstration projects and open up pathways for proven

initiatives to be taken to scale

Capacity

Increase capacity to deliver new approaches and initiatives

(sharing best practice, technical support, training, etc)

Leverage

Deploy funds in a way that attracts additional finance

from others

Advocacy

Fund campaigning, lobbying, data collection and dissemination,

and other activities that increase pressure of policymakers to act

An independent fund
Supports the Partnerships strategy
Accessible, responsive and supports innovative work
Separate board and governance
Effective firewalls to avoid conflict of interest
Shared secretariat with the Partnership
Transitional arrangements for hosting and governance
Commitment to a governance review with 3 years

A strategic fund
Funding priorities:
Support action to end violence against children in pathfinder
countries
Confront new and emerging transnational threats to children
Prevent violence against children living in fragile and conflictaffected situations.
Build a global, national, and grassroots movement that will
support delivery of the Partnership strategy

HOW WE WORK
Governance and timeline

Partnership and Fund governance

The Partnership is based on clear principles of engagement
and a commitment to providing a voice for stakeholders from
all sectors
Governance will be as lean as possible, especially at first
Global structures will evolve as the Partnership grows
and changes, we will also take time to get national structures
right
Currently, the Partnership has an Interim Advisory Committee
and a Secretariat
It is expected that the permanent board will meet for the first
time in March

Interim Governance Structures

Interim Advisory
Committee

Interim governance

Strategy and design

Agreeing permanent
governance structures

Funding the Partnership

Secretariat
Policy and administrative
support
Strategic development
Support for pathfinders
Advocacy and fundraising

Interim Advisory Group Members

Representatives from Government
H.E Ambassador Juan Sandavol Mendiolea, Deputy Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations
Ms. Elizabeth Ditchburn, Director of Policy, Department for International Development,
UK
Ms. Kathleen Flynn-Dapaah, Acting Director, Education, Child Protection, Gender
Equality, Canada Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada

Special Representative of the Secretary-General

Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and
Armed Conflict
Ms. Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence
against Children

Thematic Scholar
Mr. Paulo Srgio Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Independent International Commission of
Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic and formerly appointed as Independent expert on
Assistant Secretary General level, to prepare a global study on violence against children

Faith
Dr. Mustafa Y. Ali, Secretary General, Global Network of Religions for Children and
Director, Arigatou International
Dr. Pauline Muchina, USA Representative for African women and Youth Initiative

Academia/Research
Dr A.K. Shiva Kumar, Global Co-chair, Know Violence in Childhood
Professor Mark Bellis, Director of Policy, Research and International Development for
Public Health Wales, and Chair, WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention at the
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University
Baroness Vivian Stern, Global Co-chair, Know Violence in Childhood
Private Sector
Mr. Ernie Allen, Chairman, WeProtect International Advisory Board, Former President
and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and International Centre
for Missing & Exploited Children
Mr. Gary Cohen, Executive Vice President, BD (Becton Dickenson & Co.) and Founder,
Together for Girls
Foundations
Ms. Kathleen Cravero-Kristoffersson, President, Oak Foundation
Civil Society
Elizabeth Dahlin, CEO, Save the Children, Sweden
Co-chairs
Dr. Etienne Krug, Director, Department for Management of Noncommunicable diseases,
Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, WHO
Mr. Ted Chaiban, Director, Program Division, UNICEF
Transition Team
Dr. Susan Bissell, Director, a.i., Global Partnership End Violence against children

Timeline
Sustaining Investments
in Childhood Side event

Launch of strategy
September 2015

Building a world that is

safer for children Side event
27 September 2015

13 July 2015

Strategic development

Consult on
the strategy

Engagement
with pathfinders

Build the
knowledge
platform

Finalize the
building
blocks

Partnership and Fund

boards meet for
the first time
March 2016

Movement
building

Formal launch at
High-Level
Political Forum
July 2016

Child
participation

The Solutions
Summit
Spring 2017

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