Child marriage
Child marriage (Matrimonio infantil) This refers to a formal or informal union where at least one party is under the age of 18. This is considered a type of forced… Read More »Child marriage
Child marriage (Matrimonio infantil) This refers to a formal or informal union where at least one party is under the age of 18. This is considered a type of forced… Read More »Child marriage
Youth (Juventud) According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, youth is ‘the period between childhood and maturity’. Although there is no universally agreed-upon definition of youth, the UN Secretariat defines it as between… Read More »Youth
Best interests of the child (Interés superior de la niña y del niño) This principle is included in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This establishes that in all… Read More »Best interests of the child
Influencer This is a positive reference to someone who has many followers on social media due to their ability to share content that is interesting to many people and that… Read More »Influencer
Hater This word is used by young people—social media users—to name people who radiate hate by attacking others with negative comments on their posts. References: Diccionario de redes sociales para… Read More »Hater
Grooming This phenomenon refers to befriending children online for sexual purposes. This is when an adult deceitfully approaches a child or an adolescent using new information and communication technology, such as chats,… Read More »Grooming
Ghosting This happens when a person disappears, for no particular reason, from another person’s life with whom there was a relationship—either as a couple or friend—through social media or physical… Read More »Ghosting
Follower This refers to people following others on social media to be up to date on the content they publish. Often, on social media, the number of followers is a… Read More »Follower
Commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (Explotación sexual comercial de niñas, niños y adolescentes) This is a type of sexual abuse where adults use children and adolescents for their own sexual… Read More »Commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents
Forced pregnancy (Embarazo forzado) In the Rome Statute, forced pregnancy is defined as the ‘unlawful confinement of a woman forcibly made pregnant, with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any… Read More »Forced pregnancy