A decade of evidence in action
Ten years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and global partners launched INSPIRE: Seven Strategies to End Violence Against Children — a landmark framework grounded in a simple but powerful premise: violence against children is not inevitable. It is preventable.
Since 2016, INSPIRE has guided national action plans, donor investments, and multi-sectoral collaboration in more than 100 countries, helping governments, researchers, practitioners, and advocates translate evidence into action.
To mark INSPIRE’s 10-year anniversary and the release of the new INSPIRE Evidence Update in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, the INSPIRE Working Group joined with ISPCAN, SVRI, WHO, UNICEF, and other global partners to host the webinar: A Decade of INSPIRE – Evidence in Action to End Violence Against Children.
The webinar brought together global leaders, researchers, practitioners, and advocates to reflect on ten years of progress — and to explore what the updated evidence means for the next decade of prevention efforts worldwide.
The strongest evidence to date
The newly released evidence update represents the most comprehensive global analysis ever conducted on interventions to prevent, reduce, and respond to violence against children. The review synthesized findings from more than 200 systematic reviews and an estimated 3,000 primary studies.
The findings confirmed that every INSPIRE strategy now includes at least one intervention with strong and consistent evidence of effectiveness. Key interventions highlighted in the review include:
Parenting programmes to reduce child maltreatment
Whole-school approaches to prevent youth violence and bullying
Psychological therapies for children exposed to violence
Community mobilization strategies
Cash-plus programmes combining economic support with parenting or life-skills interventions
The review also reinforced the importance of strengthening the evidence base in low- and middle-income countries and continuing to translate evidence into scalable, sustainable action.
From evidence to action
The webinar featured presentations from Greta Massetti and Madison Little, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Alessandra Guedes. Panelists included Daniela Ligiero, Nicolas Makharashvili, Deogratias Yiga, and youth leader Anirbandip Gain.
The discussion focused on how INSPIRE has shaped programming, advocacy, survivor leadership, research, and community-driven prevention efforts over the past decade. Panelists reflected on the role of INSPIRE in strengthening collaboration across sectors and elevating prevention as a global public health and development priority.
Looking ahead
The webinar also introduced the next phase of INSPIRE’s global strategy, organized around three interconnected workstreams:
Evidence
Global Capacity Strengthening
Communications and Advocacy
Together, these workstreams aim to ensure that INSPIRE’s next decade is guided by its foundational pillars:
driven by data, informed by evidence, and focused on prevention.
At the INSPIRE Evidence Lab, we are proud to contribute to this next chapter by helping strengthen the global evidence base, supporting data-to-action efforts, and advancing collaboration across research, policy, and practice.
Watch the webinar and explore resources
The full webinar recording, presentation slides, executive summary, and INSPIRE resources are available through ISPCAN’s INSPIRE resource hub.
