Anil Raghuvanshi

UNICEF

Date of birth

Profile

Child protection and digital safety specialist with over 25 years of experience in programme leadership, research, policy advocacy, communication, and emergency response. Founder and President of ChildSafeNet, he has led research and advocacy initiatives on child online protection, online sexual exploitation and abuse, digital safety, and the impact of emerging technologies on children. His career includes senior roles with UNICEF, Save the Children, ECPAT International, ILO-IPEC and international humanitarian operations across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

Experience

Founder & President, ChildSafeNet, Kathmandu, Nepal (2017–present) — Leads organisational strategy, child online protection programmes, research, communication, advocacy and policy initiatives. Has served as Principal Investigator for major studies on online grooming, online sexual exploitation, generative AI and child online protection, in partnership with organisations including UNICEF, Kathmandu University, Otemon Gakuin University and ChildFund Japan.

Team Leader / Principal Investigator, ChildSafeNet research projects — Led research teams, developed methodologies and research strategies, ensured ethical standards and quality, and developed research uptake plans.

Communication Team Leader, Hamro Samman Trafficking in Persons Awareness Campaign, Equal Access/Winrock International (2020–2022) — Led communication strategy, programme design, implementation and development of multimedia awareness materials.

Child Protection in Emergencies Manager, UNICEF Nigeria (2015–2017) — Provided technical and management leadership for emergency child protection response and interventions.

Child Protection Team Leader, AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan (2010–2015) — Led child protection programming and strengthened monitoring and reporting mechanisms for grave violations against children.

Previously held senior child protection and programme positions with Plan International, Save the Children, UNICEF, ECPAT International and ILO-IPEC in Haiti, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Indonesia, Thailand and Nepal.

Institutional Affilation

  • Founder & President, ChildSafeNet, Nepal

  • Member, Steering Committee, Global Threat Assessment Report 2025, WeProtect Global Alliance

  • Member, Global Advisory Group, Sexual Violence Research Initiative

Core Areas of Expertise and Experience

  • Child protection and child rights

  • Child online protection and cyber safety

  • Online sexual exploitation and abuse of children

  • Research design, management and Principal Investigator leadership

  • Policy development, advocacy and strategic planning

  • Communication and awareness-raising strategies

  • Protection of children in emergencies

  • Trafficking in children and prevention of exploitation

  • Programme management and organisational leadership

  • Digitalsafety,emergingtechnologiesandtheirimpacton children

Areas of Interest for contributions

  • Child online protection and digital safety

  • Online sexual exploitation and abuse of children

  • Research, policy and advocacy on child protection

  • Impactofgenerative AIandemergingtechnologiesonchildren

Academic Qualification

  • MBA, Shankar Dev Campus, Tribhuvan University, 1990, Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Development Studies, School, Save the Children UK, Office of South & Central Asia Region, 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Managing&LeadingTeams,e-Cornell,CornellUniversity, 2009, USA

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