Methodology
This report draws on data collected in 21 countries through two rounds of the Disrupting
Harm research project, including surveys and in-depth interviews.
Most statistics presented in this report are based on nationally representative survey data
collected between 2020 and 2025 from approximately 21,000 internet-using children
aged 12–17, living in these 21 countries.
The countries included are: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda
(Eastern and Southern Africa); Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand
and Viet Nam (Southeast Asia), Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico (Latin
America and the Caribbean); Armenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia (Eastern
Europe and Central Asia); and Pakistan (South Asia).
Some analyses draw on new questions that were only asked in nine countries in the
second round of the Disrupting Harm project, which included around 9,000 children living
in Armenia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, North Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro,
Pakistan and Serbia. These analyses are indicated by an obelus (†).
The statistical estimates are based on a comparable seven-indicator measure of
technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse used across both rounds of
research, providing insights into patterns observed across countries over the past five
years, but during different time periods. For more information on the statistical analysis
see the Appendix.
The quotes presented are direct testimonies from in-depth interviews with over 100
children or young people who were subjected to technology-facilitated child sexual
exploitation and abuse during childhood (90 women/girls and 10 men/boys, aged 1624, living in Armenia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, North Macedonia, Mexico,
Montenegro and Serbia). Interviews were conducted between 2024–2025.
The narrative and insights present a synthesis of all these data.
Through Children’s Eyes
Introduction
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