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The Global Safeguarding Alliance (GSA) has engaged the Institute of Child Protection Studies to lead interactions between GSA researchers and Church leaders, safeguarding professionals, trauma specialists and other relevant research end-users in Catholic entities internationally.

Our vision is to integrate academic and professional work focused on safeguarding in the Catholic Church. Forming strong connections within a network will facilitate a mutually beneficial exchange of safeguarding knowledge to improve prevention of child sexual abuse, and knowledge about research methods suitable for difference context. Our findings and recommendations will benefit ministers, clergy, religious men and women (brothers and nuns/sisters), and safeguarding managers, and strengthen their work with children and families.

We reach our audience using a range of channels and formats, including webinars, a newsletter and social media platforms. Feel free to explore the webinars that have been delivered as part of this partnership in our knowledge translation pages.

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Projects

As part of our collaboration on research with the Global Safeguarding Alliance, we are currently conducting the Women's Insights into Safeguarding Efforts in the Catholic Church (WISE) project - global research project that seeks to understand how religious and lay women experience and view safeguarding practices within the Catholic Church.

Read more about the WISE project

Read more about our other projects