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Improving EU-Wide Data Collection on Online Sexual Violence Against Children
Project 2KNOW aims to support and improve national and international data collection on violence against children by developing a sustainable and replicable data collection model that is suited to gathering information about online sexual violence against children.
Through the project, data will be directly gathered from anonymous offenders searching for child sexual abuse material on the dark web and the surface web, to gain a better understanding of the patterns, characteristics, and trends of online crimes of sexual violence against children today.
‘Supporting the Supporters’: Project 2KNOW will Strengthen Support for Parents and Families of Child Victims of Online Sexual Violence in the EU.
The findings of the 2KNOW research will be translated into direct preventative action to protect children from harm, through the development of a support guide for parents on online safety skills for children and a guide for parents whose child has been subjected to sexual violence online.
Project 2KNOW will also produce a model for parental peer-support groups to provide practical and psychoeducational support for parents, carers, and families - in turn providing essential support to child victims to protect them from further abuse.
Project 2KNOW is funded by the European Commission’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) under the 2022 call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children (CERV-2022-DAPHNE).
Protect Children
Improving EU-wide data collection on online sexual violence against children.
Strengthening support for parents and families of child victims of online sexual violence in the EU.
Parents, carers, families.
Project 2KNOW is funded by the European Commission’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) under the 2022 call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children (CERV-2022-DAPHNE).
Improving EU-wide data collection on online sexual violence against children.
Strengthening support for parents and families of child victims of online sexual violence in the EU.
Protect Children
The groundbreaking final project report reveals the intricate web of factors that drive online child sexual abuse offending. The report offers critical insights into the motivations, facilitators, situational factors, and barriers that influence individuals to engage in CSAM-related crimes.
Through a comprehensive survey, the study aims to shed light on the pathways that lead to crimes of sexual violence against children, with the ultimate goal of developing more effective prevention strategies.
Key findings of the report include:
The language-focused report examines and compares key findings from the Preliminary Findings Report across four languages: English, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish. This report presents data from the ‘Help us to know’ survey of individuals who have searched for CSAM on a dark web search engine, collected in English, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish, and offers unprecedented insights into the backgrounds and motivations of English-speaking, Russian-speaking, Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking CSAM offenders.
Anna Ovaska, LL.M. Deputy Director & Legal Specialist Project Manager – 2KNOW Suojellaan Lapsia ry / Protect Children
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