20–24 | World Economic Forum, Davos
30 | Partner2Connect Annual Meeting, ITU, Geneva
Jan-March | Winter Seminar Series, Stanford Cyber Policy Centre
4 | 2KNOW Final Conference: From Knowledge to Action – Advancing Strategies to End Online Sexual Violence Against Children
11 | Safer Internet Day
10-11 | Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, France
11-13 | Deadline for EU consultation for planned extension of derogation to the ePrivacy Directive
12–14 | World Government Summit 2025, Dubai
13–15 | World Global NCD Alliance Forum – 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum, Rwanda
24-27 | Rights Con, Taiwan
3-6 | MWC25 Barcelona, Spain
4-6 | 44th Lanzarote Committee, France
8 | International’s Women’s Day
1-3 | FORUM INCYBER EUROPE, Lille France
1-4 | SKOLL World Forum, Oxford UK
4-6 | African Children’s Summit, Johannesburg , South Africa
8-10 | Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, Amsterdam
23 | ITU Regional Development Forum Commonwealth of Independent States (RDF-CIS) 2025 , Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
27-30 | Web Summit, Rio
5-7 | NatCon25, Philadelphia, USA
7-8 | UN 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, Innovation 4 SDGs (STI Forum), New York, USA
13-19 |Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, Global
17 | WTISD 2025
19-21 | IPPPRI, London, UK
19-25 | 78th WHO World Health Assembly , Geneva
16 | Day of the African Child
TBD | Childlight CSA researcher event
TBD | Trust and Safety (California)
11-12 | Global Digital Development Forum
9-13 | WWDC
17-18 | FORUM INCYBER – USA
17-27 | ITU Council 2025
23-27 | Internet Governance Forum 2025
24-26 | Child helpline international consultation – Global Voice for Mental Health, Violence Prevention and Response
30th June-3rd July |4th International Conference on Financing for Development | Financing for Sustainable Development Office
1 | Lanzarote Conference Ministers
TBD | 45th meeting of the Lanzarote Committee
7-11 |World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025
8-11 | Summit 25 – AI for Good
14-23 | UN High-Level Political Forum 2025
21-23 | 4th Annual TrustCon
22-24 | Smart Africa Summit
1-4 | Global Symposium for Regulators 2025
9-11 | Int Conference on Children Rights, Stellenbosh, South Africa
9-23 | 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80)
9-11 | Int Conference on Children Rights, Stellenbosch, South Africa
9-23 | Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of NCDs
17-19 | International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference
Our grantees Internet Watch Foundation Rethink ChatBot Countries involved:United Kingdom Internet Watch Foundation will continue developing its reThink Chatbot, an automated device that detects potential offenders and refers them to support through the Lucy Faithfull Foundation. By redirecting potential offenders to self-help programmes, this project will not only reduce the demand for CSAM
Our grantees UNICEF Uganda Ensuring Children in Uganda Are Safe Online Countries involved:Uganda UNICEF Uganda is using support from the Fund to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The agency is working directly with the Government of Uganda to integrate mechanisms for prevention, reporting and response into the national
Our grantees Turkiye Kadın Dernekleri Federasyonu Connect the dots Countries involved:October 2017 – October 2019 Grant timeline:March 2023 – March 2024 Grantee website:tkdf.org.tr Funding amount:$47,710 Find other grantees
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to keep up-to-date on the latest progress, news, events and reports from Safe Online and the wider community working to end violence against children.
Copyright Safe Online 2023 ©
All imagery is taken from the UNICEF image library. It is not available in the public domain.
We are here to ensure every child and young person grows in to the digital world feeling safe, and is protected from harm.
We support, champion, and invest in innovative partners from the public, private, and third sectors working towards the same objective.
We believe in equipping guardians and young people with the skills to understand and see danger themselves once accessing digital experiences without supervision.
In 2024, Safe Online invested nearly USD16M in over 50 innovative projects, tackled digital harms, and expanded research into Gen AI and child safety.
