Experts call for global drive to boost child safety

Global experts call for new approach to protect children from ‘pandemic’ of sexual exploitation and abuse

Thirty of the world’s child protection experts have called for the sexual exploitation and abuse of children as a global public health emergency. The initiative, led by the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute and the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), envisages a fundamental shift in the global approach to these crimes. If adopted, it would compel governments to respond to child sexual abuse not merely as a cri…

Experts call for global drive to boost child safety

Experts call for global drive to boost child safety jmorris8 Wed, 04/06/2025 - 14:08 University experts have contributed evidence to a global call for a new approach to safeguard vulnerable children. Supporters of the declaration at the Emory University Conference Center Thirty of the world's leading figures in child protection have signed the 'Atlanta Declaration' asking for child exploitation and sexual abuse to be treated as a global public…