National Strategy Guide on Online Child Protection ITU
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National Strategy Guide on Online Child Protection ITU Regional Workshop on Policy Advocacy & Capacity Building in Child Online Protection for ARB Region, Muscat. Oman, 30 -31 October 2011 Professor Julia Davidson, Ph. D Kingston University & Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies
Challenges • • Policy and Legal consensus across nations and jurisdictions Development of shared definitions of online child abuse Development of national frameworks to support local policy and practice Advances in technology such as the expansion of mobile technology resulting in loss of parental control for younger children Understanding converged environment- children don’t distinguish between online and offline in some contexts. Understanding offender use of SNS and P 2 P on global scale- implications for child protection on SNS Educating teenagers – appropriate behaviour and digital footprint & working with young children- different approaches needed?
Context: ITU Child Online Protection(COP) key objectives: � Identify the key risks and vulnerabilities to children and young people in cyberspace; � Create awareness of the risks and issues through multiple channels; � Develop practical tools to help governments, organizations and educators to minimize risk; � Share knowledge and experience while facilitating international strategic partnerships to define and implement concrete Initiatives.
Guide & Toolkit Professor Julia Davidson & Karl Hopwood Aim: to enable development and enhancement of frameworks by countries within different geographical contexts. Structured around COP strategic pillars: � Legal measures � Technical & procedural measures � Organisational structures � Capacity building � International collaboration
Guide and Toolkit Development Process � Draft guide & toolkit developed (October 2011) � Sent to partners for comment, partners asked to provide examples of practice. � Guide revised � Final document produced early 2012
Contact: Professor Julia Davidson Kingston University, London j. davidson@kingston. ac. uk
