Forced migration is a global public health issue impacting millions of children and families each year. The need to escape violence, deprivation, and in some cases persecution, drives entire populations to abandon their homes and their lives in search of safety. Traveling alone or with others, children and youth face…

In times of conflict and crisis, children are at a heightened risk of not just violence and displacement, but of going missing, being trafficked, and of being sexually exploited and abused. Children living in war zones face far more obstacles and heightened vulnerabilities regardless of whether they stay or leave…

Every child deserves a childhood safe from exploitation, sexual abuse, or the risk of going missing. As a father of eight, artist Jeff Koons knows first hand that no child or parent should ever have to experience this tragedy. “I thought there were all these areas in government that are…

Eva Veldhuizen-Ochodničanová, MSc | ICMEC Partner Most of us have been made aware of the dangers posed to children by strangers in low-brimmed hats and trench coats offering free lollipops. …

Many of us have been told at some point “it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.” The way we frame something affects how people understand a concept and how they respond to it¹. Celebrities use framing to project a certain image to their fans. Politicians use framing…

Our reliance on the internet to facilitate our personal and professional lives has increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the same technology that provides us with opportunities for growth and connection can also present significant risks to children. There is a hidden war being waged against the exploitation and…

At some point in our lives as parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, or babysitters, we have, or will, experience that heart-stopping moment of panic when the child who was with us is suddenly not there. In the majority of these scary moments the child has simply wandered into the next room…