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 (ISC) 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. ISC anchor partner Universidad de los Andes, Maestral International, and the University of Edinburgh all played a role in reaching major milestones along Colombia’s path toward developing a NAP. These achievements included:
Many major milestones have been reached along Colombia’s path toward developing a National Action Plan (NAP) to protect violence against children. The Universidad de los Andes published four case studies stemming from the process documentation of Colombia’s NAP development. Each case study identifies a separate process and its associated challenges and lessons learned.
Case Study 1: National Action Plan’s Monitoring Strategy (English | Spanish)
Case Study 2: Challenges and lessons learned in the development of the Departmental Action Plans to end VAC in Colombia (English | Spanish)
Case Study 3: The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in the NAP Development (English | Spanish)
Case Study 4: Developing Evidence-based VAC Prevention and Response Policies (English | Spanish)
ICBF and University of Edinburgh’s End Violence Lab implemented an INSPIRE Coordination Course in 2021. Administered to over 150 participants, the course aimed to strengthen capacity among a multisectoral group of government and civil society representatives to refine and implement Colombia’s NAP, including translation of the plan to sub-national departments.
Universidad de los Andes hosted several graduate-level VACS Data-to-Policy Fellows, who each carried out an analysis of VACS data. Analytic reports are linked below, and a digital narrative summary of the analyses is available here: https://imagina.uniandes.edu.co/especiales/vacs/
- La huella del conflict armado en la niñez y adolescencia colombianas
- Experiencias adversas en la infancia: estudio comparativo de Colombia, Honduras, y El Salvador
- Trayectorias de maltrato: el impacto de la violencia en la infancia y adolescencia como predictor de ser victima y victimario en la adultez
- Subreporte de violencia sexual: estigma, normas sociales y de genero – coming soon
