International Safeguarding Conference

This annual event that has been designed to help people work together to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse.

The conference is attended by individuals from a range of backgrounds, including church
leaders, safeguarding professionals, trauma specialists, academics, researchers, and others
who are dedicated to the prevention and tackling of abuse.

The aim of the ISC is to provide a platform for learning, networking, and sharing best
practices in safeguarding. Attendees have the opportunity to participate in a range of
workshops, presentations, and discussions led by experts in the field.

The 2025 ISC edition will focus on the topic of Women of Faith, Women of Strength: A
Safeguarding Conference. Since the 2023 edition, the conference includes a final day fully
dedicated to academic research, with the main goal, unlike other scientific conferences, of
creating a platform of exchange of experiences and expertise between researchers and
practitioners, in a language accessible also to non-academics.

The conference will be held on June 17-20, 2025 in Rome, Italy.

The aim of the conference is to explore the challenges and opportunities for safeguarding
girls and women but also to strengthen the understanding of gender-related aspects in
safeguarding. Here below there is a non-exhaustive list of proposed subtopics:
– Abuse of women within society and church
– Women as perpetrators and bystanders of abuse (in institutional context/church)
– The role of women in the development of safeguarding measures
–  Consideration of gender-related aspects in safeguarding