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Healing

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85.0/100
Indonesia (top score)
57.3/100
Average score
20.0/100
Burkina Faso (lowest score)
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Supporting survivors with high-quality care.

For survivors and their loved ones, the effects of sexual violence in childhood can last a lifetime. Healing from this trauma is ongoing, and access to trauma-informed, age-appropriate, gender-responsive and integrated services–spanning health, mental health, social services, and justice sectors– is essential. It restores dignity, rebuilds trust, and helps children, adolescents, and adults reclaim their futures.

A strong national response allows victims and survivors to safely report abuse and receive coordinated care without stigma or retraumatization.

The Index measures whether governments have established the policies and programs that make healing possible. These include:

  • Medical care for victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence
  • Integrated service delivery for health, psychosocial, legal, and justice services
  • Training children’s and adolescents’ medical providers on how to recognize and respond to sexual violence against children
  • Legal aid and access to compensation mechanisms for victims and survivors 
  • Mechanisms for victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence to seek financial compensation

While the Index tracks whether laws and policies are in place, it does not capture the quality or reach of their implementation.

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Investing in resources to help survivors heal and realize their full potential

  • Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Nepal, and Sri Lanka lead with a score of 85 out of 100. These countries demonstrate strong commitments to supporting survivors and responding to childhood sexual violence. 
  • No country scored higher than 75 out of 100 for access to medical care or integrated service delivery for victims and survivors. This highlights a critical gap: All children and adolescents must be able to access high-quality health care and integrated service delivery for health, psychosocial, legal, and justice support.
  • Just half of countries, including Ghana, Bangladesh, and Egypt, have established guidelines for the health sector for the clinical and forensic evaluation of children who experience sexual violence.
  • No country received a full score for integrated services for victims and survivors (including health, psychosocial, child protection, justice, and legal services).
  • A third of countries have no government-funded legal aid mechanism for children who experience sexual violence.
  • While victims and survivors in all countries have a mechanism through which to seek financial compensation, only one-third of countries have a government-funded mechanism.

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Third Richest Nation

www.bravemovement.org/campaigns/third-richest-nation

A world without childhood violence would be $7 trillion richer. This nation isn’t real. Its wealth could be. Brave Movement's survivor-led advocacy campaign at the G20 in 2025 pressured decision makers to invest in prevention, healing and justice to create stronger, happier nations.

#BeBrave G7 Scorecard 2025

www.bravemovement.org/g7

By evaluating each G7 nation’s progress on vital policy measures we're drawing global attention to the global, silent pandemic of sexual violence against children. This is a crisis that undermines the G7's commitment to building secure, prosperous, and equitable societies. Kids need bold leadership and decisive action now to be safe and thrive.

Break the record

www.togetherforgirls.org/en/press/a-record-breaking-event-now-governments-must-deliver

We broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most countries represented at a childhood violence summit! With 120 governments attending, this first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was the largest organized event to address this issue on a global scale. Most importantly, as a result, we also broke the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence.