Online Safety for Children More Imperative Than Ever
Building on an ongoing Plan International Vietnam-led project with Departmentsof Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs to prevent online violence against children in ethnic minority communities of Quang Binh and Kon Tum provinces, the project “Community-based Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) Survivor Support Model (CBOCSS)” focuses on addressing the identified gaps in the child protection system to respond to Online child sexual exploitation and abuse (Online CSEA). By working with adolescents, schools, parents and service providers, the project will set up an innovative community-based survivor support model that will facilitate and increase the reporting of OCSEA and strengthen the quality of services for survivors. Adolescents aged 10-18 years, particularly girls and adolescents from ethnic minorities, access age and gender-responsive, survivor-centred cross-sectoral support for OCSEA through a community-based pilot model. Source: Quang Binh newspaper ...