Safeguarding Children: A Socioecological Approach to Ending Violence – End-line Report

The project: “Ensuring children’s safety and well-being by building an ecosystem of non-tolerance to violence against children – a socioecological approach with the involvement of children, parents and community members” worked at primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of violence against children, ensuring their safety and well-being. Primary prevention was carried out through group education with children, adolescents and their parents;

secondary intervention was provided through counselling services; and tertiary intervention entailed mental health services and coordinating with legal authorities and child welfare committees for ensuring children’s safety and well-being.

The coverage area encompasses four clusters - Dr Zakir Hussain Nagar, Gautam Nagar, Indira Nagar and Janata Nagar and covers approximately 17500 households. The aim was to explore and understand the effectiveness of strategies adoptedat primary, secondary andtertiary levels toensure that children residing in urban settlements grow up with greaterfreedom from all forms of violence; and those who experience violence benefit from more appropriate care, support and access to justice needed to ensure physical, mental and social well-being.