For the third year, the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) calls on organisations worldwide to organise pertinent activities to mark World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse on 19 November. Last year 149 organisations joined the international NGO coalition created to mark the Day. This year, in order to increase efficiency, WWSF encourages organisations to not only join the international coalition to mark the Day, but to create national coalitions linking relevant groups and actors. This aim of this is to foster collaboration and strengthen community impact, share prevention measures, protection skills and rehabilitation programs, and above all, highlight the new promises made by Heads of State and Government at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children in May 2002. The key is partnership. No single organisation, by itself, can provide the ongoing research and strategies required to create a culture of prevention. Coalitions outweigh what one individual member cannot achieve, and serve as a platform for focused action by all interested partners; they bring together a range of expertise, enhance the capacity of individual members by sharing knowledge, skills and experiences. Coalitions increase public awareness of the need for effective prevention measures and help mobilise funds for activities. To help build coalitions, visit the WWSF website: http://www.woman.ch/children/1-introduction.asp For more information, and to become a coalition member, contact: Women's World Summit Foundation P.O. Box 2001 ? 1211 Geneva 1 ? Switzerland Tel: 00 41 22 738 66 19 Fax: 00 41 22 738 82 48; E-mail: dignity@vtxnet.ch Website: www.woman.ch