Technology mediation in child sexual exploitation and abuse in Africa and Asia

Ethical approval The Disrupting Harm Survey was reviewed and approved by a global institutional review board (HML IRB Research and Ethics). Moreover, ethics approval was obtained from national or institutional ethics review bodies in each of the 12 participating countries. These included the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (Kenya); Makerere University School of Public Health and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (Uganda); the Cambodia National Council for Children and the Ministry of Interior (Cambodia); the Ministry of Health, National Committee on Bioethics for Health (Mozambique); the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (Malaysia); the Health Research Ethics Committee, National Institute of Health Research and Development (Indonesia); the Ministry of Health and Social Services Ethical Review Board (Namibia); the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (Vietnam); the Philippine Social Science Council Ethical Review Board (the Philippines); the Ethiopian Society of Sociologists, Social Workers and Anthropologists (Ethiopia); and multiple bodies in Tanzania: the National Institute of Medical Research, National Bureau of Statistics and the President’s Office–Regional Administration and Local Government, with permits from the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology and additional approvals from the Zanzibar Health Research Institute. …