Children’s Rights and Connectivity (in-person training)

Introduction

Overview

Connectivity and the digital environment are increasingly central to children’s lives. They afford numerous opportunities for the realisation of a number of children’s fundamental rights – such as access to information and education – but they can also create risks and play a role in rights violations.

This course looks at the various ways in which children are impacted by the digital environment. It considers the growing body of research on children’s digital experience, as well as the role of policymakers and other key stakeholders in promoting opportunities whilst combatting potential risks.

Course Objectives

Understand how child rights apply in the digital context
Learn about the risks and opportunities faced by children online
Reflect on emerging global standards and good practice in the policymaking space
Become familiar with the range of approaches that can help support the realisation of children’s rights to, through and in the digital environment.

Course Enrolment Criteria

This course is open to:

Regulators
Policymakers
Representatives from academia and international organisations working on regulatory or policy issues

We cannot accept applications from individuals working in the private sector or those not involved in policy or regulation.

Course Completion Certificates

All our courses are certified by the United Kingdom Telecoms Academy (UKTA) and accredited for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

This course equates to 10 hours of CPD training.

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you must attend all the course sessions and fill out the course survey.

If you have any special needs regarding this training course, please let us know via our contact form so we can get in touch to discuss how your needs can be met.

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Duration: 8 hours

Start date: 15 June 2026

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Trainer

Jenny Jones

Director of Child Rights, GSMA

Jenny is the GSMA’s Director of Child Rights. She has over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of children’s rights and the digital environment.

Jenny is responsible for the GSMA’s mPowerYouth programme, which addresses the full range of potential impacts on child rights in the digital context – from protection to participation – through knowledge sharing and advocacy. She also coordinates the GSMA Mobile Alliance to combat Digital Child Sexual Exploitation – an international group of mobile operators within the GSMA who have committed to working together and taking proactive steps to fight technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation.

On behalf of the GSMA, Jenny works closely with organisations such as UNICEF and Child Helpline International to promote collaborative approaches to protecting and promoting children’s fundamental rights to, through and in the digital environment.

Jenny holds a BA in modern languages from the University of Oxford, and a Masters in Children’s Rights from the University of Geneva.

Moderator

Daniela Gutierrez-Torres

Training Manager, GSMA

Daniela works on the GSMA’s Capacity Building programme and manages the delivery of training content to regulators and policymakers worldwide, and leads capacity building partnerships with the ITU Academy, CITEL, among others. Before joining GSMA, Daniela worked at the LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. She designed and delivered training for African graduate students focused on leadership and critical skills, and coordinated the Programme for African Leadership’s wide range of operational and developmental activities.

Daniela holds an MSc in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MA in Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex. Her interests and expertise lie at the intersection between social innovation, economic and social rights, and social development.