About the webinar

As reports about child sexual exploitation and abuse online continue to grow at an alarming rate, we are now at a critical juncture where a shift towards prevention represents the only viable route to curb the sustained increase in child sexual exploitation and abuse online.

Join our exclusive 90 minute webinar for WeProtect Global Alliance members to learn more about the shift towards public health approaches to prevention and policy barriers, as well as learn about the prevention work being undertaken by an Alliance member.

Speakers

Professor Michael Salter is the Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences at the University of NSW in Australia and an internationally recognised expert in child sexual exploitation, complex trauma gendered violence. Secondary prevention services are an important but controversial component to public health efforts to reduce the prevalence of child sexual abuse. Michael will discuss the major policy barriers to the establishment of these services and provide advice on how to pre-empt and address potential criticism and obstacles to secondary prevention.

Robbert Hoving is the president of Offlimits, the coordinator of the Dutch Safer Internet Center and responsible for the implementation of the Better Internet for Kids Strategy of the Europeans Commission in The Netherlands. Robbert will talk about the trends they see at the Hotline (where Child Sexual Abuse Material is reported), the Helpline Helpwanted (the anonymous helpline for online transgressive behavior) and Stop it Now (the anonymous helpline for people who worry about their feelings or behavior towards minors) and which initiatives are taken to use these numbers to create preventative measures in the network.