Copenhagen: About 16 percent of children aged between 11 and 15 will be victims of cyber attacks in 2022, up from 13 percent four years ago.
“This message is a wake-up call for all of us to fight oppression and violence, wherever and whenever it occurs,” said Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, in a statement.
According to the “Health Behavior in School-Age Children” survey, 15 percent of boys and 16 percent of girls said they were bullied at least once in the past month.
The UN agency says the pandemic has changed the way teenagers see each other.
“Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, virtual forms of peer-to-peer violence have become very important as the world of young people becomes more virtual during pregnancy,” he said.
Other threats are generally stable with only slight increases.
Eleven percent of boys and girls said they were bullied at school at least two or three times a month in the past few months, up from 10 percent four years ago.
well-being of thousands of people,” Kluge said.
One in eight teenagers were victims of cyberbullying by others, up three percent from 2018, the report said.
Meanwhile, the number of teenagers involved in physical fighting remained at 10 percent for four years – 14 percent for boys and six percent for girls.
The study is based on data from 279,000 children and adolescents from 44 countries in Europe, Central Asia and Canada.
In many places, cyberbullying peaks at the age of 11 for boys and 13 for girls.
The report found that parents’ socioeconomic status made no difference to children’s behavior.
There, 27 percent of girls from the richest 20 percent reported being bullied at school, compared with 21 percent of girls from the richest 20 percent of families.
Noting that the problem is widespread, the report said more efforts should be made to raise awareness.
“More investment is needed to control different forms of peer-to-peer violence,” he said.
“There is also a need to educate youth, families and schools about the types of cyberbullying and its consequences, and manage social media platforms to reduce the impact of cyberbullying.”
One in eight teenagers were victims of cyberbullying by others, up three percent from 2018, the report said.
Meanwhile, the number of teenagers involved in physical fighting remained at 10 percent for four years – 14 percent for boys and six percent for girls.
The study is based on data from 279,000 children and adolescents from 44 countries in Europe, Central Asia and Canada.
In many places, cyberbullying peaks at the age of 11 for boys and 13 for girls.
The report found that parents’ socioeconomic status made no difference to children’s behavior.
There, 27 percent of girls from the richest 20 percent reported being bullied at school, compared with 21 percent of girls from the richest 20 percent of families.
Noting that the problem is widespread, the report said more efforts should be made to raise awareness.
“More investment is needed to control different forms of peer-to-peer violence,” he said.
“There is also a need to educate youth, families and schools about the types of cyberbullying and its consequences, and manage social media platforms to reduce the impact of cyberbullying.”
