Statistics to raise awareness --- Regarding the contribution of UNICEF, I decided to check what child protection tools are mentioned on its website. The first important thing I noticed were the following alarming statistics: “Some 80% of children in 25 countries report feeling in danger of sexual abuse or exploitation online.” (https://www.unicef.org/protection/violence-against-children-online) It is of alarming because of the terrible experience these children face, but also because we only have information about a few countries. If we want to raise awareness among policymakers, it is then necessary to develop a system to collect reliable statistics that help them understand the gravity of the issue and the many shapes it takes in every specific context (i.e. in developed countries, emerging economies, or countries where Internet use is slowly expanding).

Source author: Juan Feliciano Ascencio Moctezuma jascencio@sre.gob.mx