UNICEF Poll: More Than A Third of Young People in 30 Countries Report Being A Victim of Online Bullying

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UNICEF poll: More than a third of young people in

30 countries report being a victim of online bullying
U-Report highlights prevalence of cyberbullying and its impact on young people
03 September 2019
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NEW YORK, 4 September 2019 – One in three young people in 30 countries said they
have been a victim of online bullying, with one in Uve reporting having skipped school
due to cyberbullying and violence, in a new poll released today by UNICEF and the UN
Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence against Children.
Speaking out anonymously through the youth engagement tool U-Report, almost
three-quarters of young people also said social networks, including Facebook,
Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter, are the most common place for online bullying.
“Connected classrooms mean school no longer ends once a student leaves class,
and, unfortunately, neither does schoolyard bullying,” said UNICEF Executive Director
Henrietta Fore. “Improving young people’s education experience means accounting
for the environment they encounter online as well as oaine.”
Through the poll, young people were asked via SMS and instant messaging
technology a series of questions relating to their experiences of online bullying and
violence, where it most frequently happens, and who they think is responsible for
ending it. Some 32 per cent of those polled believe governments should be
responsible for ending cyberbullying, 31 per cent said young people and 29 per cent
said internet companies.
“One of the key messages that we can clearly see from their opinions is the need for
children and young people involvement and partnering: When asked who should be
responsible for ending cyberbullying, the opinions were equally divided between
governments, internet service providers (private sector) and young people
themselves,” said Najat Maalla Mjid, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-
General (SRSG) on Violence against Children. “We are in this together and we must
share the responsibility in partnership.”
More than 170,000 U-Reporters aged 13-24 years old participated in the poll including
young people from Albania, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Côte
d’Ivoire, Ecuador, France, Gambia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Kosovo,
Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nigeria, Romania,
Sierra Leone, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
The poll results challenge the notion that cyberbullying among classmates is a
uniquely high-income issue. For example, 34 per cent of respondents in sub-Saharan
Africa said they had been a victim of online bullying. Some 39 per cent said they
knew about private online groups inside the school community where children share
information about peers for the purpose of bullying.
As part of UNICEF’s campaign to #ENDviolence in and around schools, children and

young people from around the world drafted an #ENDviolence Youth Manifesto in
2018, calling on governments, teachers, parents and each other to help end violence
and ensure students feel safe in and around school – including calling for protection
online.
“All over the world, young people– in both high and low-income countries – are telling
us that they are being bullied online, that it is affecting their education, and that they
want it to stop,” said Fore. “As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, we must ensure children’s rights are at the forefront of digital
safety and protection policies.”
To end online bullying and violence in and around schools, UNICEF and partners are
calling for urgent action from all sectors in the following areas:
Implementation of policies to protect children and young people from

cyberbullying and bullying.
Establishment and equipment of national helplines to support children and young
people.
Advancement of ethical standards and practices of social network providers

speciUcally in regards to the collection, information and management of data.
Collection of better, disaggregated evidence about children and young people’s

online behaviour to inform policy and guidance.
Training for teachers and parents to prevent and respond to cyberbullying and
bullying, particularly for vulnerable groups.
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Notes to Editors:
UNICEF works around the world to end violence in and around schools. These efforts
include the organization’s #ENDviolence campaign and Safe to Learn -- a partnership

between UNICEF, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development
(DFID), UNESCO, other members of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against
Children, and UNGEI.
This month, as many children head back to school, and in response to UNICEF’s
#ENDviolence Youth Manifesto, UNICEF is calling on parents to help prevent and
#ENDviolence. Learn more here.
Media contacts
Helen Wylie
UNICEF New York
Tel: +1 917 244 2215
Email: hwylie@unicef.org
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About UNICEF
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most
disadvantaged children. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we work for
every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.
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About UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General

(SRSG) on Violence against Children
The SRSG on Violence against Children is a global independent advocate for the
prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children and ensuring
follow-up to the recommendations of the UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence
against Children. The SRSG acts as a bridge builder and a catalyst of actions in all
region, and across sectors and settings where violence against children may occur.
The SRSG mobilizes action and political support to maintain momentum around this
agenda, promote the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
About U-Report
U-Report is a free social messaging tool that allows anyone from anywhere in the
world to speak out on the issues they care about. UNICEF and partners developed the
platform to capture a range of voices on critical development issues. U-Report
encourages citizen-led development, facilitates responses to humanitarian
emergencies and magniUes local voices globally to create positive change.
Adolescent and young people can join the platform by SMS or on social media
(Facebook, Whatsapp or Viber) allowing them to respond to polls, report concerns,
support child rights and work to improve their communities. Currently, there are more
than 7 million U-Reporters are present in over 60 countries.
This poll was made possible by the many thousands of children and young people
around the world who actively engaged with UNICEF as U-Reporters and participated
in the poll. The poll was conducted in June 2019 and answered by more than 170,000
respondents in 30 countries. The poll results represent the information shared by the
poll’s respondents.
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Sierra Leone, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

As part of UNICEF’s campaign to #ENDviolence in and around schools, children and

Implementation of policies to protect children and young people from

Advancement of ethical standards and practices of social network providers

Collection of better, disaggregated evidence about children and young people’s

include the organization’s #ENDviolence campaign and Safe to Learn -- a partnership

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Follow UNICEF on Twitter and Facebook

About UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General

For more information visit www.ureport.in

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Work for UNICEF

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