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
For one of the research activities, Disrupting Harm gathered insights directly from children through a household survey, about a range of different experiences that can constitute online sexual exploitation and abuse. Nationally representative random samples of
approximately 1,000 children aged 12 to 17 were obtained in each of seven countries from Eastern and Southern Africa, and six countries in Southeast Asia between December 2020 and April 2021. Data is presented from 11,912 of those children in 12 countries, on their self-reported experiences of online sexual exploitation and abuse.
Citation
UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2022). Children’s Experiences of Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in 12 Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. Disrupting Harm Data Insight 1. 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
For one of the research activities, Disrupting Harm gathered insights directly from children through a household survey, about a range of different experiences that can constitute online sexual exploitation and abuse. Nationally representative random samples of
approximately 1,000 children aged 12 to 17 were obtained in each of seven countries from Eastern and Southern Africa, and six countries in Southeast Asia between December 2020 and April 2021. Data is presented from 11,912 of those children in 12 countries, on their self-reported experiences of online sexual exploitation and abuse.
Citation
UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2022). Children’s Experiences of Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in 12 Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. Disrupting Harm Data Insight 1. Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.
Record created:
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