Islamabad
A four-day training for provincial facilitators on Child Online Protection Package was held in Peshawar from October 8-11 with the support of UNICEF. The training module has jointly been developed by UNICEF, Telenor, and PTA with an aim to educate adolescents, parents, and caregivers about healthy and harmful behaviours in and around the digital space.
Child Protection staff of the Social Welfare Department (MDs) and representatives from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Commission (KPCPWC) attended the training. The participants comprised psychologists, Child Protection Officers and community animators.
The participants shared their experiences from field on various social media applications like TikTok and Facebook and their impacts on children and adolescents. They emphasized that this training would greatly help the local communities in managing online threats to their children.
The training helped the participants understand the harmful effects of inappropriate digital content and equiped them with skills to protect children from these risks by introducing different controls within online applications & games for protection.
As children increasingly spend more time online and on mobile devices, they are exposed to potentially harmful content, which increases their risk of exploitation (sexual, economic, &/or identity theft). It is significant that the caregivers and parents are aware of preventing these risks. This training will be taken to the ground level in communities within KP to make digital spaces safe for our youth.
