Disrupting Harm is a research project conceived and funded by the End Violence Fund through its Safe Online Initiative.
The project is implemented by ECPAT, INTERPOL and UNICEF and generates national evidence on online child sexual exploitation and abuse. This publication is part of a series of thematic briefs that explores pressing issues emerging from the research and recommends ways for key entities and individuals to improve prevention and response.
Methodology
Data is presented here from research activities undertaken for Disrupting Harm including interviews with law enforcement, child helplines, justice professionals and children – including children who had been subjected to sexual exploitation and abuse.
Nationally representative household surveys were also conducted, and data from 11,912 internet-using children and their caregivers across 12 countries is also presented here. Most of the quantitative data referred to in this document is from children who had been subjected to clear instances of online sexual exploitation and abuse in the past year (1,059 children).
Citation
ECPAT International & UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2022). Children’s Disclosures of Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Disrupting Harm Data Insight 2. Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.
Record created:
24 September 2026
Disrupting Harm is a research project conceived and funded by the End Violence Fund through its Safe Online Initiative.
The project is implemented by ECPAT, INTERPOL and UNICEF and generates national evidence on online child sexual exploitation and abuse. This publication is part of a series of thematic briefs that explores pressing issues emerging from the research and recommends ways for key entities and individuals to improve prevention and response.
Methodology
Data is presented here from research activities undertaken for Disrupting Harm including interviews with law enforcement, child helplines, justice professionals and children – including children who had been subjected to sexual exploitation and abuse.
Nationally representative household surveys were also conducted, and data from 11,912 internet-using children and their caregivers across 12 countries is also presented here. Most of the quantitative data referred to in this document is from children who had been subjected to clear instances of online sexual exploitation and abuse in the past year (1,059 children).
Citation
ECPAT International & UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2022). Children’s Disclosures of Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Disrupting Harm Data Insight 2. Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.
Record created:
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