Colombia: Scaling Up Interventions to Prevent Violence Against Children
The Government of Colombia has committed to addressing and ending violence against children through the following major actions:
Violence Against Children & Youth Survey in 2018
Creation of Pacto Nacional
Bill approved in 2021 to prohibit violence against children
Implementation Science Collaborative Partnerships
The Implementation Science Collaborative helped the Government of Colombia’s Instituto Colombiano para Bienestar Familial (ICBF) develop a National Action Plan (NAP) to identify and fill key programming gaps. To capture this learning experience, Universidad de los Andes completed a process documentation report (available in English and Spanish) on Colombia’s NAP development. The report includes results from the document review and 25 stakeholder interviews from different sectors of government, academia, and civil society.
Achievements
Major milestones were reached along Colombia’s path toward developing a NAP. These included: