Safety for Children and their Rights OnLine: 3 year report

After three years of implementation, the first cycle of the Safety for Children and their Rights OnLine (SCROL) is coming to an end.

We are proud to share our final report which highlights our achievements in terms of meaningful child, family and community participation, private sector accountability, law enforcement capacity building and policy development and evaluation.

SCROL quickly became one of our flagship programmes. What made it successful?

Learning systems: we facilitated regular sessions across partners to reflect on and revise plans. That’s how crucial additional activities emerged, such as the development of parents’and mothers’ groups in Nepal.

Shifting the power: we built the capacity of children and youth and trusted them to design initiatives. Peer engagement is the most powerful tool to change behaviours, as demonstrated by Cambodian girls and young women who became leaders of change both offline and online.

Innovation: new technologies can support our goal to protect children online, provided that children and multiple stakeholders are involved at all stages. That’s how several impactful games and applications were used in the Philippines.

Multi-stakeholder platforms: we responded to the need of child protection actors to build collaboration and coordination processes. In Kenya, we brought together frontline and specialised law enforcement officers to increase their readiness to investigate cases of Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE).

Systems change: better laws, policies, MEAL frameworks and budgets are needed to prevent and respond to OCSE in the long term. Our advocacy efforts contributed to better National Action Plans, local budget allocations and updated local ordinances.

SCROL reached over 40,000 participants. We will not stop here. Stay tuned for our next phase: SCROL 2.0: Safe Minds Online!

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