Civil society: a powerful voice for children’s safety online
Governments and technology companies alone cannot end online child sexual exploitation and abuse—civil society is essential to achieving meaningful, society-wide protection. Civil society organizations within WeProtect Global Alliance play a range of crucial roles, from providing direct support to victims and survivors to advocating for stronger child protection laws and developing advanced tools to identify and prevent online abuse.
To ensure that every member’s voice is heard, WeProtect Global Alliance has established membership reference groups that enable members to drive the global response, share best practices, and shape policy.
Our Civil Society Reference Group, chaired by Guillaume Landry, Executive Director of ECPAT International and civil society representative on the Alliance’s Global Policy Board, meets twice annually to discuss challenges, share insights, and contribute to shaping the Alliance’s initiatives.
By joining WeProtect Global Alliance, civil society organizations become part of a powerful, coordinated movement, amplifying their impact on a global scale. Together, we are forging a path toward a safer digital world for every child.
It is a great honor for our Foundation to join such a prestigious alliance as WeProtect Global Alliance. To have access to international know-how and to be able to influence the shaping of global strategies to protect children from sexual exploitation is an extremely valuable experience for us. It is a recognition of the Foundation’s more than 30 years of work to protect children from sexual exploitation, including in the online environment.
Marta Skierkowska, Vice-president of the Empowering Children Foundation
Our Civil Society Organisation members:
5Rights Foundation ACSAI African Child Policy Forum African Society for Cyber security Awareness Amber Alert EU Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative APLE Cambodia Arigatou International Arpan Asociația eLiberare Association for the Treatment & Prevention of Sexual Abuse Australian Childhood Foundation Bracket Foundation Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative Brave Movement Breck Foundation C-Sema Canadian Centre for Child Protection Carly Ryan Foundation Centre for Women and Children Studies Child Focus Child Helpline International Child Protection Research Centre Child Rescue Coalition ChildFund Alliance ChildFund International Childlight – Global Child Safety Institute Childnet International Children International ChildSafeNet ChildX Christian Care Foundation Pakistan Compassion International Crime Stoppers International Inc.nc CyberPeace Foundation DeafKidz International Democracy School Yemen Destiny Rescue International DidiBahini Digital Rights Foundation ECPAT International Empowering Children Foundation Engage Now Africa Engage Now Africa Equality Now Expertisebureau Online Kindermisbruik FOSI – Family Online Safety Institute Foundation for Social Welfare Services FUMACO Fundacion Red por la Infancia Futures Without Violence Futures Without Violence Ghana Internet Safety Foundation Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Halley Movement for Social and Community Development Hapchi Human Trafficking Front Impact Amplifier India Child Protection India Future Foundation INHOPE Innocence in Danger International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children International Justice Mission Internet Watch Foundation Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ISPCAN It’s a Penalty Justice and Care Justice For Children Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation US Keeping Children Safe Kidzonet Kinder not hilfe Kinderschutz Allianz Kinderschutz Schweiz/ ECPAT Switzerland LARA Loo Niva Child Concern Group Lucy Faithfull Foundation Marie Collins Foundation Missing Child Kenya Foundation Missing Children Europe Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse Mulier Venezuela National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Netsafe Nisma per Ndryshim Shoqeror (Initiative for Social Change) ARSIS NSPCC NWG Network On Us: Australian Business Coalition for Safeguarding Children OneChild Parent Zone ParentsTogether Partnership for Human Rights Peace Culture Foundation Philippine Children’s Ministries Network Plan International Point de Contact Population Foundation of India Project VIC International Protect Children Suojellaan Lapsia Protect Us Kids Foundation Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak Raven Red PaPaz Responsible Netism Rise Up Foundation Safer Together SafeToNet Foundation Save the Children Search for Justice SERVE Social & Media Matters Stairway Foundation Inc Stichting Misbruikt! Stop sexting SWGfL Talking For Change Tambayan Center Tech Matters Telefono Azzurro Terre des Hommes The Army of Survivors The Cece Yara Foundation The Child Witness Foundation The HUG Project The Internet Commission The Jasriel Foundation The Kempe Foundation The RATI Foundation for Social Change The Safe Space Club The Smile of the Child Together for girls Tulir Ubuchingo Voice of Children Watoto Watch Network World Childhood Foundation World Vision Wounded Healers International Young Indians Youth and Child Advocacy Network (YACAN) Youth Fraternity For Change Youth Protect
