The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children

Against the backdrop of increased violence against children, including those escaping conflict and crisis, and with the advent of the new SDGs there is a real opportunity to sharpen the focus of governments on the imperative to keep children safe. The SDGs recognize the fundamental link between protecting children from violence and building more peaceful and prosperous societies. Hence the Partnership was established. It already has traction and was launched on the 12^th of July 2016. The coming months will be crucial to sustaining the momentum beyond the launch, thus further securing the success of this initiative.

The overall goal of the partnership is to end violence against children, reduce the impact of violence in families, communities and all settings and ensure children’s access to fair and effective institutions and to justice for all by mobilizing an effective multi-stakeholder partnership. 

There are three goals to reach this overall goal:

1. Building political will
2. Accelerating action
3. Strengthening collaboration

Governments - who have subscribed to the SDGs - are the primary targets of this Partnership alongside civil society, the UN, the private sector and other stakeholders will/can be part of it.

Children, and their families and communities should benefit from what partners do on the ground, in-country.

A thriving effective and multistakeholder Partnership with strong governance; a strong narrative that will yield both in-kind as well as financial support to the Secretariat and associated fund; and a framework for results which makes it possible to measure what is and what will be achieved.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

Governance structures of the Partnership operational;

Resource mobilisation strategy in place;

Successful launch of the Partnership, and early adopters of the strategy mobilized;

Results framework for the overall Partnership and the associated fund synchronized.

Governments, civil society organizations (national and international), academic and research institutions, organizations of young people/children, foundations, the UN and the private sector.

There is close collaboration with other new partnerships, such as Alliance 8.7. Also, the SRSG on Children Affected by Armed Conflict has been involved in setting up the Partnership and will be part of the formal governance structures. The Secretariat is in dialogue with existing partnerships and alliances, such as Together for Girls, to avoid duplication, building on the strengths of what already exists. There has also been outreach to the former Child Protection Working Group, to the disability and education sectors.

Phase 1 01.08.2016 - 31.12.2016   (Completed)