Taking stock of the INSPIRE framework

The report details a workshop evaluating South Africa's use of the INSPIRE framework to prevent violence against children (VAC). It identifies progress in research and policy, such as the Western Cape government's Safety Plan and the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. However, it highlights critical gaps, including the lack of a government focal point to maintain 'Pathfinding' momentum and poor coordination between government and NGOs. The document recommends the reappointment of an INSPIRE champion and the adaptation of the INSPIRE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to the South African context.

• South Africa's status as a 'Pathfinding' country has lost momentum because there is currently no government official appointed as a focal point to act as a bridge to the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children.
• The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has integrated INSPIRE into its operations by using it to inform the strategic direction of three directorates and incorporating INSPIRE indicators into a new monitoring and evaluation tool.
• NGOs use the INSPIRE framework to guide parenting programmes, such as Parenting for Lifelong Health, and to inform gender transformative changes in schools; they find that using the global evidence-based package adds legitimacy to their organisations.
• There is a significant communication and coordination gap between the South African government and NGOs, with participants noting that the two groups 'don't speak the same language' and hold different perspectives on effective parenting programmes.
• Research gaps have been identified regarding the intersections between violence against children and other factors, specifically climate change, the protection of migrant children, and the reasons for teenage pregnancy.
• While there are calls to update the global INSPIRE framework to include emerging concerns like climate change and digital spaces, workshop participants felt a full revision was not urgent and that building the capacity of focal points was a more pressing priority.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (2022). Taking stock of the INSPIRE framework. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/workshop-report-inspire.pdf

Chicago

Institute for Security Studies. Taking stock of the INSPIRE framework. 2022. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/workshop-report-inspire.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforsecuritystudies2022taking, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{Taking stock of the INSPIRE framework}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/workshop-report-inspire.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }