Webinar: What Drives Online Child Sexual Abuse Offending?

Join us as we share the final insights from research on active offenders of online crimes of sexual violence against children gathered in the 2KNOW project

Children today are increasingly vulnerable to online sexual abuse and exploitation. Project 2KNOW seeks to enhance understanding of these crimes and to develop effective support mechanisms for victims and their families.

This final webinar in the 2KNOW series presents the comprehensive findings of research into offenders of online sexual violence against children.

Speakers

  • Anna Ovaska, Deputy Director at Protect Children and 2KNOW Project Coordinator
  • Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen, Executive Director of Protect Children
  • Tegan Insoll, Head of Research at Protect Children
  • Dr Hanna Lahtinen, Lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland
  • Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Senior Adviser & Head of Children at Risk Unit at the Council of the Baltic Sea States

Project 2KNOW

Project 2KNOW is a two-year project funded by the European Commission’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), which aims to improve data collection on violence against children and to offer a scalable parental peer support model for carers of child victims of sexual abuse. The project partners include Protect Children, the University of Eastern Finland, and the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).