About Level 6
Welcome back to the sixth level of the Agents of Change online course: Tools for Frontline Workers to End Sexual Exploitation of Children.   Level 6 focuses on “Technology for Good: The Use of Technology to Fight Crimes Against Children,” brought to you by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) and ECPAT International.

If this is your first time learning about Agents of Change, and you would like to explore the earlier levels, please visit the Course Catalog section for Level 1: Basic Foundations by clicking here. 

Level 6 is designed to provide you with a technical understanding of crimes against children, regardless of your level of technology literacy, and shows that while technology can be used as a tool to abuse children, it can also prevent abuse from taking place or be used to stop such abuse. 

Participant's Profile
The Agents of Change is a specialized, victim-centered curriculum for professionals working with potential child victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking, including: 

• law enforcement 
• criminal justice professionals, including prosecutors and judges
• child protection authorities, including social workers 
• educators
• healthcare and mental healthcare professionals
• members of civil society organizations working in child protection 

The Agents of Change is a specialized, victim-centered curriculum for professionals working with potential child victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking, including: 

• Duration: Level 6 is approximately five hours. The level is divided into nine modules. 
• Language: Available in English fully dubbed and close captioned. 

1. Ana Lucila Sandoval Orozco, HEROES and ALUNA Project Coordinator, Engineer, Spain
2. Christopher Mosby, CEO, Senior Security Consultant, Movaci, Thailand
3. Guillermo Galarza Abizaid, Vice President, Partnerships & Trainings, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), United States/Mexico
4. Athena Morgan, Regional Project Manager – Africa, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), Kenya
5. Dr. Fran Casino, Postdoctoral Researcher, Athena Research Center (ARC), Rovira I Virgili University, Spain
6. Maria Eira, Information and Technology Fellow, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Italy. 
7. Austin J. Berrier, Jr., Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations - Phoenix, United States
8. Pablo Gallegos, Project Manager, Idener, Spain
9. Bindu Sharma, Vice President Global Policy & Industry Alliances, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), Singapore/India
10. Konstantina Morfi, Psychologist, The Smile of the Child, Greece
11. Michael N. Cachine, Sr., Chief Technology Officer, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), United States
12. Marija Vukasinovic, Member Victim Support Unit, ASTRA – Anti-trafficking Action, Serbia
13. Zoé Colpaert, Regional Program Manager – Europe, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), France
14. Malina Enlund, Safety Policy Manager, Asia–Pacific, META, Thailand
15. Emma Soutar, Lead Trainer at the Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent, United Kingdom
16. Daniela Dupuy, Prosecutor Specialized in Cyber Crime, Argentina

About the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children

The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization working to make the world a safer place for all children by defending against child sexual exploitation, abuse, and the risk of going missing. Headquartered in the United States, ICMEC works with partners globally to develop research, technologies, and educational resources to aid in the search and recovery of children who are missing, fight online exploitation, and empower professionals, institutions, and communities to protect children from all forms of sexual abuse. For more information go to www.icmec.org.

About ECPAT International

ECPAT International is a non-governmental organization and the only children’s rights network that is solely focused on ending the sexual exploitation of children. With over 122 civil society organizations in 104 countries, together we advocate for a stronger legal environment to protect children, partner with the private sector to prevent their services from being misused, we research to better understand this crime, and we help survivors and victims' voices to be heard in political decision making – and to better understand their rights. For more information go to www.ecpat.org.

Acknowledgments
This project is funded by the U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

This level was developed with the support of the HEROES Project, Novel Strategies to Fight Child Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking Crimes and Protect their Victims.

This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovaction Programme under grant agreement No 101021801.
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