Child Helpline Data on (Online) Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Europe
Child helplines play a key role in the prevention, detection and victim support when it comes to addressing (online) child sexual exploitation and abuse, as discussed in this recent blog by my colleague, Ronja Ulvfot. In addition, child helplines also play a key role in collecting and analysing reliable, anonymous data on this highly sensitive […]
The Key Role of Child Helplines in Protecting Children Against (Online) Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse
It is estimated that 1 in 5 children in Europe fall victim to some form of sexual abuse during their childhood. Child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSEA) are serious crimes that have wide-ranging and life-long consequences for survivors. Child sexual exploitation and abuse can take many forms, and the influx of new technology into children’s […]
Prevention, Detection, Victim Support
Our new Position Paper provides an insight into data around how and why children who are victims and survivors of sexual abuse currently access support from our
member child helplines.
The Role of Child Helplines in Protecting Children in Europe Against Sexual Exploitation & Abuse
Prevention, Detection and Victim Support Position Paper and Child Helpline Data – April 2023 It needs to be easier for children and adults to report child sexual exploitation and abuse, and access to trauma-informed, child-friendly, high-quality support for victims must be improved. It also needs to be easier for law enforcement to detect, investigate and […]
Urgent call on Ministers, State Secretary and MPs to support European legislation against online child abuse
In the coming weeks, the Netherlands, like other European member states, will determine its position on the European Commission’s proposed regulation to prevent and combat (online) child sexual abuse. A letter with an urgent appeal has been sent from 12 organisations to several Dutch ministers and to members of the Parliamentary Committee for Justice and […]
Ukraine Crisis Response: 3-day Workshop in Czechia
In the last week of March, a group of 32 participants and 9 trainers came together in the beautiful city of Prague, Czechia, to learn about some of the most pressing issues emerging from the war in Ukraine. The event was organized in collaboration with our partners from UNICEF ECARO and UNICEF Czech Republic and […]
Ukraine Crisis Response: 3-day Workshop in Moldova
Our fifth in-country workshop for child helplines and frontline workers supporting the children and young people who have been displaced from Ukraine took place in Chișinău, Moldova, last week. According to UNHCR: “Moldova has received 674,057 Ukrainian refugees and 76,752 third-country nationals since late February 2022. Of them, 102,283 have chosen to stay in the […]
The Story of 116
Part Two: The Importance of Harmonised Numbers This year, we’re celebrating 16 years of 116 111 – the harmonised number for child helplines in Europe. In an ongoing series of posts, we’re exploring the story of the harmonised number for child helplines, how it came about, and why it’s so important for children to have […]
Ukraine Crisis Response: 3-day Workshop in Hungary
As part of Child Helpline International’s Ukraine Crisis Response project, from 13 to 15 March we conducted a 3-day workshop in Budapest. This training, the fourth in a seven-part series of in-country sessions conducted in partnership with UNICEF ECARO, focused on increasing child helpline counsellors and front-line worker’s knowledge of mental health and psychosocial support issues […]
Ukraine Crisis Response: 3-day Workshop in Bulgaria
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Sofia, where we hosted another three-day workshop focusing on responding to Children and Young People Affected by the War in Ukraine. This event, which took place between 27 February and 1 March, was organized in collaboration with our partners from UNICEF ECARO and UNICEF Bulgaria and was […]