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Background: childrens is person who are before eighteen years old who will become a gold generation and human capital, thus determining the direction of Indonesias sustainability in the future. Children-s violence often occurs in schools, homes and in public places. The types of children-s violence include physical, sexual, emotional, medical abuse and neglect. Sexual violence includes an element of forced sexual will or results in actions by perpetrators who are unwanted and offensive to the victim. In dealing with children-s sexual violence, parents must have knowledge, be more open and informative to children, especially sexual education in order to provide maximum assistance to prevent children from sexual abuse. The community has strong contribution in efforts to prevent children-s sexual violence. The population in this study was the dasawisma group from Sleman Yogyakarta Regency which amounted 112 people. The sample size was 66 people as 33 respondents for each village community group (Kelurahan Sidorejo, Kecamatan Godean) or the people of the city (Kelurahan Nogotirto, Kecamatan Gamping). Purpose: Determine differences in the knowledge level and participation of rural and urban communities in preventing children-s sexual violence. Result: Indicate the knowledge and participation of villagers in preventing children-s sexual violence with significance value of 0.011 while in the urban community the significance value is 0.001. The significance value is less than 5% or 0.05, so it can be stated that the level of knowledge influences a person to participate in preventing sexual violence in children. Conclusion: there are differences in the level of knowledge and participation of rural and urban communities in preventing children-s sexual violence. Keywords: Child abuse, sexual violence