Norms and values | Building safe futures webinar series 3

The third session in the Building Safe Futures webinar series is focused on norms and values, and why they are central to preventing childhood sexual violence. The Safe Futures Hub Evidence Review shows that prevention efforts are stronger when they directly challenge the norms and structures that enable abuse. Gender-transformative programs, structured community engagement, and bystander approaches can strengthen clear expectations around consent, equality, and responsibility. Interventions that actively involve caregivers, men and boys, faith leaders, and other community influencers help shift collective behavioral standards and reinforce accountability. At the same time, changing norms is complex and takes time. Measuring progress is challenging, and there is still more to understand about how these efforts adapt across different contexts, including online spaces. In this session, experts and practitioners share their experience from implementation, reflect on lessons learned, and speak to the gaps identified in the evidence. The webinar examines what has made norm-focused work effective in real settings, what obstacles continue to stand in the way, and what needs to shift to strengthen prevention efforts. Learn more at safefutureshub.org