Safer Internet Helpline attends Global Summit on Sexual Abuse Based on Intimate Images

The Safer Internet Helpline, represented by Carolina Soares, participated from 22 to 24 February in the Global Summit on Image Based Sexual Abuse in Miami, Florida, having been invited to participate in the panel "Hotlines and Helplines: Global Examples and Impact".

These were two intense days of work aimed at producing a shared vision and a global action plan built through the knowledge of experts, academics, government actors and victims.

An abridged version of I Didn't Consent: A Global Landscape Report on Image-Based Sexual Abuse was also published. The Safer Internet Helpline, explaining the work it has been doing, contributed to the construction of this report, which aims to raise awareness and deepen understanding of what intimate image-based sexual abuse is, how quickly it can damage the real lives of those whose consent, autonomy and rights have been violated, and offer multiple avenues in how we can - and should - work together to end this sexual abuse.

This summit and report are just the beginning of efforts to elevate, accelerate and unify the global response to the non-consensual creation and distribution of intimate images.