Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020

Globally, an estimated one out of two children aged 2–17 years old suffer some form of violence each year.

Over their lifetime, children exposed to violence are at increased risk of mental and physical health problems, and negative educational outcomes. The economic costs of these consequences are enormous.

The document presents the INSPIRE framework a set of seven strategies to help countries and communities intensify their focus on prevention programs and services with the greatest potential to reduce violence against children.

INSPIRE is a collaboration between organizations initiated by the World Health Organisation. The collaborating organizations are: the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), End Violence Against Children: The Global Partnership, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Together for Girls, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the World Bank.

The report signalled a clear need in all countries to scale up efforts to implement them.