Pathfinding Countries
Partnering to End Violence Against Children
In October 2023, the Board of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children decided to sunset the Partnership in its existing form and to transition its workstreams to new arrangements.
Taking into account the strong demand from partners for the workstream on Pathfinding countries to be sustained and strengthened, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children was requested to lead this workstream. This in keeping with the Special Representative’s mandate from the General Assembly to act as a catalyst to stimulate the engagement of Member States and to support Member States in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/73/155).
In close collaboration with the UN system and civil society partners, the Special Representative has begun a process of consultation on how to move forward with the Pathfinding initiative, ensuring that the process is led and owned by Member States. Preparations are underway to take stock of progress made and remaining challenges to better define in a participatory way a roadmap for accelerating and monitoring action to end violence against children, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These consultations will also define an accountability framework for the Pathfinding initiative.
The Special Representative will work to ensure complementarity with other workstreams under transition that had been established within the framework of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children. The other workstreams are Safe Online, Safe to Learn (both hosted by UNICEF) and End Corporal Punishment (hosted by WHO).
Join Us for the First Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children.
The Governments of Colombia and Sweden, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Ending Violence Against Children, will host this landmark event in Bogotá, Colombia, from November 7 to 8, 2024.
This conference aims to secure a significant increase in support for proven prevention solutions and to renew collective ambitions towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goal: ensuring every child lives free from violence.
List of Pathfinding Countries*
*As of February, the number of countries is 38.
Armenia | 2018
Burkina Faso | 2019
Colombia | 2019
Ethiopia | 2021
Georgia | 2018
Indonesia | 2016
Jordan | 2021
Mexico | 2016
Nigeria | 2017
Peru | 2018
South Africa | 2017
Tanzania | 2016
Zambia | 2020
Botswana | 2018
Cambodia | 2019
Côte D’Ivoire | 2018
Finland | 2020
Guinea | 2021
Jamaica | 2016
Kenya | 2016
Montenegro | 2017
Papua New Guinea | 2021
Philippines | 2016
Sri Lanka | 2016
Uganda | 2016
Zimbabwe | 2019
Brazil | 2018
Canada | 2018
El Salvador | 2016
France | 2019
Honduras | 2019
Japan | 2018
Mongolia | 2018
Namibia | 2020
Paraguay | 2016
Romania | 2016
Sweden | 2016
United Arab Emirates | 2018