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FULFILLING NATIONAL ICT VISIONS BY BUILDING TRUST IN THE INTERNET AND PROTECTING THE CONNECTED SAMENA TRENDS

The complex problem of online violence
against children requires a multi-
stakeholder interdisciplinary approach.
Recognizing that we all have different roles
and mandates and need to work together

on the development and implementation
of impactful solutions we made sure to
include all the key players.

And yet we see more and more reports in the media of how the In-
ternet is misused to violate children’s rights. We read that some of
the major social media platforms are deployed to propagate child
sexual abuse material, live stream videos of child abuse and more.

It is all these reports plus the alarming statistics from studies that
cause major concerns and are a wake-up call compelling us to
respond. This is how our WG was established.

What was the core objective of the WG?
It was a pretty straight forward objective: to prioritize children
and their safety in the digital world by developing a set of
Photo credit: World Childhood Foundation USA coming from governments, UN agencies, the private sector, law
actionable recommendations. Comprised of 20 commissioners,
including Commissioner Bocar Ba, and 20 subject matter experts

enforcement, NGOs and academia, the WG included all the major
stakeholder groups. The complex problem of online violence
against children requires a multi-stakeholder interdisciplinary
approach. Recognizing that we all have different roles and
mandates and need to work together on the development and

all the key players.
Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden implementation of impactful solutions we made sure to include

Comprised of 20
commissioners, including
Commissioner Bocar Ba,

and 20 subject matter
experts coming from
governments, UN agencies,
the private sector, law
enforcement, NGOs and
academia, the WG included Photo credit: World Childhood Foundation USA
all the major stakeholder
groups.

From left to right: Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore; HE Ambassador Olof Skoog (Permanent
Representative of Sweden to the United Nations) and HM Queen Silvia

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