Supporting innovative data-driven initiatives through our Child Protection Fund
ICMEC Australia’s Child Protection Fund (CPF) provides support to data and technology-driven approaches that reduce and prevent sexual exploitation of children across several areas, including data acquisition, technological solutions and […]
ICMEC Australia’s CEO, Anna Bowden, recognised as Financial Crime Fighter of the Year
At ICMEC Australia, an unwavering commitment to protecting children from abuse and exploitation is at the forefront of our mission. Recognising the severity of this heinous crime, we firmly believe […]
ICMEC Australia Supports the Crucial Role of Research in Child Protection
A key aspect to better protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation is to deepen our understanding of the crime, perpetrator tactics and behaviour, and the lived experiences of victim-survivors. […]
What are the costs of child sexual exploitation?
The most important consideration for the detection and prevention of child sexual exploitation (CSE) is the impact of this crime on the victim-survivors. Not just at the time or times […]
In Pursuit of Protection: Shedding a light on collaborative solutions
When it comes to keeping children safe, it’s essential we pool our resources and capabilities to deliver our most robust response. In late October we hosted our inaugural Financial Symposium, […]
Announcing a new era in amplifying our impact
Over the last two years ICMEC Australia has achieved a great deal in what could be termed our startup period. Founding a new entity in Australia, even one that comes with […]
Bringing the expertise of the future to the ICMEC Australia Board
Ensuring that we remain at the forefront of the technology and industry developments that impact child sexual exploitation facilitated online is essential to the success of our mission. Our ability […]
Announcing ICMEC Australia’s new Board Chair
We’re excited to announce one of Australia’s corporate governance leaders, Kara Nicholls as the new Non-Executive Chair of ICMEC Australia. Over the last nine months our team has almost quadrupled […]
Ground-breaking public-private partnership to protect children from sexual abuse
We are please to announce RedCompass Labs as the first of several recipients of our Child Protection Fund (CPF) grants. Launched in July 2022, we established the CPF to support […]
Launching the ICMEC Australia Member Portal Production Edition
One of the key messages to emerge from our UCD research last year was that the perpetrators of child sexual exploitation (CSE) are networked and collaborative. Our response to combating […]
World-leading child sexual assault detective joins ICMEC Australia Board
Establishing strong industry connections and partnerships is foundational to our ability to deliver on our mission of supporting organisations working on the frontline to report, detect and prosecute child sexual […]
UCD Research Report into the CSE Ecosystem
Working to prevent online child sexual exploitation is a complex task, requiring the efforts of multiple cross-sector organisations fighting against sophisticated online criminal networks. Our User Centred Design (UCD) Research, […]
ICMEC Australia Announces the Upcoming Launch of its Member Portal
Collaboration is key to fighting CSE crime in Australia. We know that the criminals collaborate – through chat groups, through the dark web, through whatever means they can. They are […]
Round One of the ICMEC Australia Child Protection Fund is Now Open for Applications!
Round One of the ICMEC Australia Child Protection Fund is now open for applications! We are offering grants or impact investments of between $50,000 and $500,000 to compelling initiatives that […]
Bringing Together a Network to Solve a Network Problem
Do we know who our kids are talking to online and what they are sharing? How might we anticipate and respond to the scale and speed of changing offender behaviour […]
Introducing ICMEC Australia
The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) was founded in 1998, in the United States to act as an International NGO with the goal of making the world […]