DISRUPTING HARM IN ETHIOPIA - Evidence on online child sexual exploitation and abuse

The importance of the digital environment to children’s lives and rights has been emphasised by the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child in General Comment No. [...] One of the risks is the misuse of the internet and digital technologies for the purpose of child sexual exploitation and abuse. [...] on the number of 12–17-year-old children in the Summary of methods used by UNICEF Office household, their gender, and whether they used of Research – Innocenti in Ethiopia the internet in the past three months; this allowed for an estimation of internet penetration rates for To understand children’s use of the internet, the risks all 12–17-year-old children in Ethiopia. [...] Disrupting Harm in Ethiopia – Evidence on online child sexual exploitation and abuse 17 Market share of internet service providers “[…] Ethiopia is one of the The country’s Council of Ministers also unanimously decided to expe- last countries in the world to have retained a state-owned monopoly dite tasks that would enable the issuance of the second telecom license provider (Ethio Telecom) of tele. [...] The appointment of focal persons by three of the mandated agencies – the In order to be properly prepared to tackle this Ministry of Women, Children, and Youth, Federal issue, government duty-bearers require capacity Attorney General, and the Ministry of Innovation and building.