2024-03-27 22:36:10
In a number that witnessed an increase compared to what was recorded four years ago, the World Health Organization revealed that about 16% of children between the ages of 11 and 15 said that they were subjected to online harassment in 2022. The Regional Director of the World Health Organization, Hans Kluge, warned, in a statement, of “This report constitutes a warning bell, and calls on us all to combat harassment and violence anywhere and at any time.”
Published on: 03/27/2024 – 23:36
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A study I published showed Global Health Organization On Wednesday, about 16% of children between the ages of 11 and 15 said that they were subjected to online harassment in 2022, a number that witnessed an increase compared to what was recorded four years ago.
The World Health Organization’s Regional Director, Hans Kluge, warned in a statement, “This report constitutes a wake-up call and calls on all of us to combat harassment and violence anywhere and at any time.”
A previous study was titled “Healthy Behavior in School-Age Children,” and was based on data dating back to 2018, which reported 13% of cases of cyberbullying in this age group.
The numbers related to physical harassment remained constant, as 11% of those included in the study said that they had been harassed at school during the past year, while this percentage reached 10% in the study conducted four years ago, according to the report published on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization confirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way teenagers react to harassment.
The study stated that 15% of boys and 16% of girls said that they… They were harassed Online at least once in the past few months.
The World Health Organization explained that the highest levels were recorded in boys in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland and Moldova, while the lowest levels were in boys in Spain.
One in eight teenagers admitted to being harassed online by one or more teenagers, a number that has increased by three points since 2018, according to the report.
The report includes 279,000 children and adolescents from 44 countries and regions across Europe, Central Asia and Canada.
In most countries, online harassment peaks at age 11 for boys and 13 for girls. In addition, no significant difference was recorded based on the socio-professional categories of the parents.
27% of girls from 20% of the least wealthy families reported that they had been bullied at school, compared to 21% of girls from 20% of affluent families.
The report stressed “the need to invest more in monitoring different forms of peer violence.”
He concluded, “There is an urgent need to educate youth, families, and schools about the forms of cyberbullying and its effects, while approving laws to regulate the work of social media, with the aim of reducing exposure to online harassment.”
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