Advocacy for Communities – Stand together for change

The e-kidna journey

Since the e-kidna partnership was established in 2022, we have been building the evidence base for a simple idea: if we want to prevent child sexual abuse before it occurs, families need access to practical, evidence-based information that helps them recognise risk, have early conversations and create safer environments for children.

What’s next?

Using this evidence, e-kidna is advocating for the implementation of Operational Recommendation 14 of the Queensland Family and Child Commission’s In Plain Sight report, ensuring parents and caregivers can access trusted child sexual abuse prevention information before concerns arise and before harm occurs.

1. Immediate action – Include practical child safety, body safety and protective behaviours information in child health records and trusted government resources provided to new parents.
2. Pilot and test – Invest in trials of universal distribution of parent-focused prevention resources through hospitals, maternity services, GPs, paediatricians, child health services and early childhood settings.
3. System reform – Expand early childhood funding programs to support parent education on child sexual abuse prevention, protective behaviours and body safety.
4. Build the evidence – Invest in evaluation, child voice and ongoing research to ensure prevention initiatives are effective, equitable and informed by children and families.
5. Drive change – Support community-led advocacy and cross-sector collaboration to keep child sexual abuse prevention firmly on the policy agenda and accelerate reform.

Together, these recommendations aim to move child sexual abuse prevention from something families must seek out, to something every family can access through the services they already know and trust.