Dear all,
 
For the next event of the RSS WMLG, held jointly with the IMA (https://ima.org.uk/), Dr Rowland Seymour of the University of Birmingham will be giving the following talk.
 
Title: Scale of Harm: Estimating the Prevalence of Trafficking to Facilitate Online Child Sexual Exploitation in the Philippines

Abstract: The Scale of Harm was an international project to estimate the number of children in the Philippines being trafficked to generate online child sexual exploitation. In this talk, I will explain how we developed a method to generate the first national prevalence estimate for this crime. We carried out a survey of over 3,000 Filipino households collecting aggregated relationship data and developed hierarchical Bayesian model to efficiently generate prevalence estimates for local municipalities in the Philippines. The results show that Nearly half a million Filipino children were trafficked to produce new child sexual exploitation material in 2022. In the talk, I will explain the motivation, the background, and the scope of the project in more detail.

Date: 2nd October, 6:00 PM.

Location: This event will be held in person and online. Details for joining online can be found at: https://ima.org.uk/25009/scale-of-harm-estimating-the-prevalence-of-trafficking-to-facilitate-online-child-sexual-exploitation-in-the-philippines/
 
University of Birmingham B15 2TT
Watson building - Watson Lecture Theatre B
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Dr Rowland Seymour (University of Birmingham)