Into the Light: Childlight global index of child sexual exploitation and abuse prevalence

Childlight

This first “Into the Light” index is a way to bring together different types of data from around the world and see what picture it paints. Childlight brought together data from national surveys, research and practice to give its estimates of the prevalence of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) victims and offenders, and the scale and nature of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online. Childlight intends to track and update this data over time, to show what does and doesn't work to protect children and prevent abuse.

Access “Into the Light” at Childlight’s website: https://intothelight.childlight.org/

Into the Light
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