Our Approach
Children continue to remain vulnerable when laws are weak, poorly enforced, or mistrusted. To protect our children, we need to move beyond reactionary responses and address the root causes of crimes against them.
We believe that prevention is the strongest form of justice. That is why all our interventions are guided by a holistic systems approach called PICKET, designed to strengthen the full cycle of prevention, protection, and prosecution to create deterrence.
The PICKET Framework
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Policy
Child protection policies must have a rights-based framework and promote cross-border coordination, proper case identification, secure data-sharing standards, financial tracking, and the use of international conventions. To prevent harm against children, policies must catalyse collaboration between local and national governments and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).
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Institutional & Infrastructure Strengthening
Child-centred investment goes beyond physical infrastructure and includes digital systems that protect children online and ensure no child is excluded from accessing essential services. Effectiveness of such institutions require investing in the training and capacity-building of personnel so they can work sensitively with children. It also involves establishing clear systems and workflows that enable secure and rapid information-sharing across relevant government departments, ensuring interoperability while
maintaining confidentiality.
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Convergence, Community & Capacity
Crimes against children are multifaceted and cannot be addressed by a single actor. They require a combination of strong inter-agency coordination, and trained local personnel capable of recognising risks and responding swiftly and safely. Child protection interventions need to be community-rooted and should engage children in decision making.
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Knowledge
Prevention depends on informed communities and responsive institutions. Awareness initiatives, survivor insights, safe-migration education, and timely data empower children to assert their rights and help governments, families, schools, and local leaders make informed and
rights-based decisions.
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Economics & Ecosystem
Addressing crimes against children requires understanding the economic forces that sustain them. This means examining how perpetrators profit and disrupting both the demand that drives exploitation and the conditions that make children vulnerable.Children become vulnerable to exploitation due to poverty, systemic and social exclusion, and weak justice systems. Therefore, child protection must align with broader socio-economic development goals. Ending child marriage and child trafficking require viable economic alternatives, including access to education, skills training, cash transfers and employment opportunities for children’s families. maintaining confidentiality.
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Technology
Technology strengthens prevention, detection, and enforcement. Digital tools, AI, predictive analytics, and online monitoring systems can trace missing children, disrupt trafficking networks, prevent child marriage and sexual abuse, expand service access, and protect at-risk youth in an increasingly digital world.
