Pathfinding Countries
Partnering to End Violence Against Children
The Pathfinding Global Alliance, launched in November 2024 in Bogotá, Colombia, brings together all stakeholders committed to ending all forms of violence against children by 2030, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals.
This initiative employs a cross-sectoral and multistakeholder approach, involving states, regional and subregional organizations, the UN family, civil society organizations, faith-based organizations, the private sector, development partners, experts, academia, the media, local communities, survivors, children, and youth.
The Pathfinding Global Alliance serves as a platform for partners to share information, successful practices, and lessons learned. It aims to gain momentum for stronger ownership by Member States, enhance country engagement, foster closer connections to local realities through a bottom-up approach, promote peer learning and the exchange of effective practices, strengthen peer accountability, and ensure context-specific partnerships and cooperation.
List of Pathfinding Countries*
*As of January 2025, the number of countries is 41.
Angola | 2024
Brazil | 2018
Canada | 2018
El Salvador | 2016
Finland | 2020
Guinea | 2021
Indonesia | 2016
Jordan | 2021
Mexico | 2016
Nigeria | 2017
Peru | 2018
South Africa | 2017
Sweden | 2016
United Arab Emirates | 2018
Armenia | 2018
Burkina Faso | 2019
Colombia | 2019
France | 2019
Honduras | 2019
Jamaica | 2016
Kenya | 2016
Montenegro | 2017
Papua New Guinea | 2021
Philippines | 2016
Spain | 2024
Tanzania | 2016
Zambia | 2020
Zimbabwe | 2019
Botswana | 2018
Cambodia | 2019
Côte D’Ivoire | 2018
Ethiopia | 2021
Georgia | 2018
Iceland | 2024
Japan | 2018
Mongolia | 2018
Namibia | 2020
Paraguay | 2016
Romania | 2016
Sri Lanka | 2016
Uganda | 2016