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

One of the risks is the misuse of the internet and digital technologies for the purpose of child sexual exploitation and abuse. [...] Household survey of internet-using children and their caregivers In every household visited we attempted to collect In order to understand children’s use of the internet data on the number of 12–17-year-old children as well as the opportunities they face online and in the household, their gender, and whether they their specific experiences of OCSEA, a nationally had used the internet in the past t. [...] To enhance the precision of the estimates The target population for the survey were children presented, the household survey data used aged 12–17 in Mozambique who had used the throughout this report was weighted following internet in the three months prior to the interview. [...] 7/2008 on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child explicitly stating that the Government of Mozambique must adopt legal and administrative measures to protect children against all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse,34 Mozambican legislation on OCSEA is limited and mostly referring to conduct related to child sexual abuse material. [...] This is due to the fact that civil society organisations and children themselves, whilst penalties associated with this crime have been through the Child Parliament.50 A representative increased in the revisions of the Penal Code, the age from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social of sexual consent (often referred to as ‘statutory rape’) Action stated that the policy was meant to tackle rema.