{"id":1634,"date":"2026-09-28T11:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taneen.tv\/en\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:55:25","slug":"1640-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taneen.tv\/en\/1640-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF: 1.2 million Pakistani children at risk of online sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF&#8217;s Regional Director for South Asia, says nearly 1.2 million child internet users in Pakistan have experienced sexual abuse or exploitation through digital technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">Wijesekera warned on Monday, September 28 (Mizan 6) that this threat exists across South and Southeast Asia, and that ensuring children&#8217;s safety cannot be the responsibility of children alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">According to a UNICEF report, in 21 countries, about 20 million children aged 12 to 17 experienced online sexual abuse or exploitation over the past year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The report adds that fewer than one percent of these cases were reported to police, social workers, or helplines, and more than 40 percent of children did not share the matter with anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">UNICEF says affected children face a higher risk of self-harm, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and anxiety, and these experiences can have long-term consequences for their education, relationships, and daily lives.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF&#8217;s Regional Director for South Asia, says nearly 1.2 million child internet users in Pakistan have experienced sexual abuse or exploitation through digital..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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