Our grantees

Swansea University

Dragons+ : Developing Resistance Against Grooming Online Stories – Strengthened Safeguards

Countries involved:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

DRAGONS+ builds on Swansea University’s expertise in anti-grooming technology to pioneer research at the intersection of offender and child interaction. This research considers development of perceived-first-person CSAM and how children try to communicatively resist groomers’ manipulation.  

The project newly synergises linguistics and participatory research methods. It is developed in partnership with UK-based lived experience experts and with child safeguarding practitioners internationally (e.g., child helpline counsellors, hotline analysts, police school liaison officers). Partners in this work span the Global North and South, enabling engagement of multiple languages, including British English, Colombian and Peninsular Spanish, Vietnamese and British Sign Language. Key project partners include: Marie Collins Foundation, DeafKidz International, INHOPE, INSAFE / European Schoolnet, Project StopOnSexGroom and Red PaPaz. DRAGONS+ will generate novel, richly contextualized insights to anchor the design and implementation, particularly for tech industry, of actionable online grooming preventative technology at scale. 

Grant timeline:
December 2020 – December 2022

Grantee website:
www.swansea.ac.uk

Funding amount:
$660,226

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UNICEF Mongolia

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UNICEF Madagascar

Our grantees UNICEF Madagascar Strengthening the National Protection System to Prevent and Respond to Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Madagascar Countries involved:Madagascar From

Zana Africa

Our grantees Zana Africa Understanding Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children With Intellectual Disabilities in Kenya Countries involved:Kenya Children and young people in general

ChildFund International

Our grantees ChildFund International Countries involved:October 2017 – October 2019 ChildFund Kenya’s Safe CLICS project will address key gaps by increasing OCSEA awareness, building children’s and

UNICEF Kenya

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We are here to ensure every child and young person grows in to the digital world feeling safe, and is protected from harm.

We support, champion, and invest in innovative partners from the public, private, and third sectors working towards the same objective.

We believe in equipping guardians and young people with the skills to understand and see danger themselves once accessing digital experiences without supervision.

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