Strengthening Trust Through Data: Why the Better Deal for Data Matters for Child Helplines
As Senior Manager for Data & Research at Child Helpline International, I work with aggregated data from our global network of child helplines. The insights they provide help us identify emerging trends, better understand the risks children and young people are facing, and strengthen our advocacy at national, regional and international levels. Behind every data point is a real child. The information we […]
AI for Social Good: Reflections from the Dagstuhl Seminar
Hero Image Photo credit: Schloss Dagstuhl – LZI Gmbh On January 5th, we were invited to take part in a five-day seminar on AI for Social Good at Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics. The seminar brought together AI and ML researchers, and representatives from NGOs working across legal aid, humanitarian response, gender justice, poverty reduction, and child protection. The week was marked by a contagious collaborative […]
Children & Young People’s Family Relationships
To mark this year’s World Children’s Day, we have prepared a factsheet based on data from our publication Voices of Children & Young People Around the World: Global Child Helpline Data from 2021. Concerns about family relationships are a large reason why children and young people reach out to child helplines, with around one in […]
Giving children and young people a voice…
Every year, we survey our child helpline members all around the world about the contacts they’ve been receiving from children and young people. Our child helpline members are supporting millions of children, responding to contacts ranging from children who have concerns about their mental health to children who are experiencing violence, neglect or bullying; questions […]
Voices of Children & Young People Around the World: Global Child Helpline Data from 2021
Child helplines have a unique insight into the gap between policy and reality, making them a key actorin advocating for children’s rights. They support millions of children every year. They respond to issues ranging from serious children’s rights violations, to children who just want someone to chat to on the way home from school. What […]
That’s What Friends Are For!
Saturday 30 July marks International Day of Friendship 2022.
That’s What Friends Are For!
Positive peer relationships are a crucial aspect of the well-being of children and young people.
Youth Mental Health: How child helplines support children and young people with their mental health concerns
According to the World Health Organization[1], one in seven 10 to 19-year-olds in the world lives with a mental disorder. Child helplines play a crucial role in supporting these children and young people globally, day in and day out. Our latest report presents data on the contacts received by 103 of our child helpline members […]
Youth Mental Health: How Child Helplines Support Children & Young People
This report presents data on the contacts relating to mental health concerns that were received by our child helpline members during the years 2018 through 2020. It is clear from this data that children and young people turn to child helplines when they face mental health issues.
The Smile of the Child 2021 Review
“The Smile of the Child” supported 48.403 children and their families in 2021 Child Helpline International member, The Smile of the Child, presented a review of the Organization’s actions for 2021 last Tuesday, 1 February 2022, announcing the total number of children and families TSOTC supported through all its specialized and holistic actions for children […]