Online Sexual Violence Against Children and Adolescents in Uganda: A Critical Review of Gaps, Opportunities, and Policy Pathways.
Sexual violence against children and adolescents is still a challenge, worsened by the rise in the use of internet, computers, and mobile devices leading to novel online routes of perpetrating child sexual violence (OCSV). However, OCSV remains inadequately addressed within Uganda's existing policy...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 721 - 743 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2026
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