Palm, S. Greco, S., & Wells-Brown, T. (2026). Survivor‐led education for transformation: Ending violence against children in faith communities. Sexual Violence Research Initiative.

Abstract

This Dialogue Brief is the fourth in a series co-produced by SVRI’s Working Group on Faith & Violence against Children of the Faith & GBV Community of Practice. The brief shares practical lessons, stories and insights from course participants on how education became a catalytic process anchored in survivors’ testimony and witness, co-produced in ways that supported multisector and faith diversity, and centred personal engagement with religious and cultural beliefs. The brief offers important insights for ending violence against children in faith communities, but it can also have wider application to other educational spaces.