{"id":2362,"date":"2019-02-06T08:36:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T08:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2019-02-06T08:36:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T08:36:50","slug":"online-bullying-harassment-of-young-people-concerted-efforts-emphasized-on-safer-internet-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/online-bullying-harassment-of-young-people-concerted-efforts-emphasized-on-safer-internet-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Bullying & Harassment of Young People -Concerted Efforts Emphasized on Safer Internet Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Islamabad, 5 February 2019\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0UNICEF warned today of the dangers posed by online violence, cyber bullying and digital harassment for a large number of young people aged between15 to 24 years who are online in Pakistan and called for concerted action to tackle and prevent violence against children and young people.<\/p>\n

\"\"The call, made on Safer Internet Day, comes following\u00a0a recent UNICEF poll of young people, which received more than\u00a01 million responses over five weeks from more than 160 countries, and suggestions from a series of student-led #ENDviolence Youth Talks held around the world. In it, young people provided thoughtful responses about what they and their parents, teachers and policymakers could do to keep them safe — and kindness stood out as one of the most powerful means to prevent bullying and cyber bullying.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve heard from children and young people from around the globe and taking their lead, UNICEF is inviting everyone to be kind online and calling for greater action to make the Internet a safer place for everyone,\u201d said Aida Girma, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

According to data from UNESCO on the prevalence of cyber bullying in high-income countries, the proportion of children and adolescents who are affected by cyber bullying range from 5 to 21 per cent, with girls appearing to be more likely to experience cyber bullying than boys.<\/p>\n

Cyber bullying can cause profound harm as it can quickly reach a wide audience, and can remain accessible online indefinitely, virtually \u2018following\u2019 its victims online for life. Bullying and cyber bullying feed into each other, forming a continuum of damaging\u00a0behaviour. Victims of cyber bullying are more likely to indulge in harmful practices and skip school than other students. They also are more likely to receive poor grades and experience low self-esteem and health problems. In extreme situations, cyber bullying has led to suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the creation of the World Wide Web, it is time for governments, families, academia and, critically, the private sector to put children and young people at the\u00a0center\u00a0of digital policies,” said Ms. Girma \u201cBy protecting them from the worst the Internet has to offer and expanding access to its best, we can each help tip the balance for good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad, 5 February 2019\u00a0\u2013\u00a0UNICEF warned today of the dangers posed by online violence, cyber bullying and digital harassment for a large number of young people aged between15 to 24 years who are online in Pakistan and called for concerted action to tackle and prevent violence against children and young people. The call, made on Safer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,24,46,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362\/revisions\/2364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}