Informations du cours
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About the course
The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is a violation of human rights and a health problem with significant consequences for health and development worldwide. This course is designed to increase awareness and knowledge about child sexual exploitation and abuse, including technology-facilitated abuse, and to promote evidence-based strategies and actions for prevention and response. The course covers policy, advocacy and a wide range of programmatic aspects and is based on UNICEF's evidence review and "Action to End Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation". The course was produced with the financial support of the End Violence Fund.
Learning Objectives
After completing the course, you should be able to:
- Describe global evidence on the extent, nature and consequences of child sexual exploitation and abuse, including online child sexual exploitation and abuse
- understand existing global standards and violence prevention strategies, frameworks and partnerships (including the INSPIRE and RESPECT frameworks and the WeProtect national response model), as well as a theory of change to prevent and respond to child sexual exploitation and abuse
- Linking evidence-based interventions to create enabling national environments, improve service delivery, and support social and behavior change in your own context. and
- Describe the remaining knowledge gaps and challenges for practice and opportunities.
Public
Des professionnels du gouvernement, de la société civile et du secteur privé, ainsi que le personnel de l'UNICEF.
Duration
La durée totale de la leçon est de 180 minutes.
Methodology
This is an asynchronous, self-paced course – you can choose to complete everything in one day, over a week, or over a longer period of time.
Structure
The course content consists of 8 interactive modules:
- Module 1: Introduction to Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
- Module 2: Child sexual abuse and exploitation — a global problem
- Module 3: A Theory of Change
- Module 4: Evidence-Based Action Strategies and Interventions (1) — Creating Evidence-Based Strategies and Action Interventions
- Module 5: Evidence-Informed Action Strategies and Interventions (2) — Service Delivery
- Module 6: Evidence-Informed Action Strategies and Interventions (3) — Social and Behaviour Change
- Module 7: Roles and Contributions
- Module 8: Gaps and Challenges
- Module 9: Final Assessment
Contact Details
Afrooz Kaviani Johnson, Child Protection Specialist, Child Protection Team, Programme Group
Stephen Blight, Senior Advisor, Child Protection, Child Protection Team, Program Group
For technical issues, please contact agora@unicef.org