Funding Appeal 2025

Violence continues to be a reality for millions of children worldwide. At this time of spiraling crises, violence has reached unprecedented levels, and children’s vulnerability and exposure to violence continue to increase alarmingly across the world. Investing in child protection and well-being is more essential than ever.

The year 2024 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the appointment of the first Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children. It was a year of taking stock and reflecting on all that has been achieved and, above all, on all that remains to be done. A broad mobilization was achieved, which will continue expanding and consolidating through 2025, supporting the necessary accelerated action in the next 5 years to end all forms of violence against children, as promised in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. One hundred nineteen countries, including 63 ministers, participated in and publicly pledged their commitment at the First Global Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children. This initiative was facilitated by Dr. Maalla M’jid, who engaged with more than 50 state-led national preparatory processes. The successful launch of the Pathfinding Global Alliance on Ending Violence against Children at the Global Ministerial Conference, already joined by 41 Member States, is an encouraging development that will continue expanding in the coming months, supporting nationally owned actions and furthering the implementation of other global commitments, such as the Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact. During 2025, the Special Representative will continue building on the momentum generated by these and many other developments and further the close collaboration with all key global, regional, and national stakeholders. Investing in children’s rights and well-being is more important than ever. Supporting the required sustainability to bring solutions to scale will govern the priority focus of the work of the Office through 2025. The support to the Office through more predictable and multi-year contributions will facilitate a continued expansion and consolidation of the support provided.