Our Story: The Child Dignity Alliance
Child Dignity in the Digital World
In October 2017. the pioneering Child Dignity in the Digital World Congress brought together global experts and decision-makers to discuss the risks and challenges of the digital age, their impact on the dignity of children and the action needed to tackle this global tragedy. Hosted by the Centre for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, in partnership with the WeProtect Global Alliance and Il Telefono Azzurro, the congress set a milestone in the international fight against child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), exemplified by the Declaration of Rome, signed by His Holiness, Pope Francis.
Following the visionary World Congress and funded by the Human Dignity Foundation, the Child Dignity Alliance was established with an overarching goal to generate global awareness of the pandemic of CSEA by building and spreading knowledge through global research and interfaith collaboration.
The Alliance mobilised six different working groups to achieve the goals of the Declaration of Rome.
On 12 November 2025, Fondazione Child ETS, in collaboration with the Child Dignity Alliance, will convene a High-Level Meeting on Child Dignity in the Artificial Intelligence Era in Rome. On 13 November 2025, distinguished participants will be received in a private audience with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. This significant gathering aims to address urgent and universal concerns regarding the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the dignity and rights of children.
“We must work together to seek positive, empowering solutions for all. We must ensure that all children have safe access to the internet to enhance their education, communications and connections… This is a problem that cannot be solved by one nation or one company or one faith acting alone, it is a global problem that requires global solutions. It requires that we build awareness, and that we mobilize action from every government, every faith, every company and every institution.”