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The unacceptable and intolerable reality of corporal punishment of children and youth

The unacceptable and intolerable reality of corporal punishment of children and youth Photo: Claudio Cortes Aros (this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License). Corporal punishment is a practice that remains widespread in many schools around the world. And it is unacceptable. We pay a lot of attention to pedagogical interventions, technological innovations, providing devices and many other programs and policies to improve learning. But any educational investment will be irrelevant if a child is not safe at school (and at home).       In Francophone Africa, according to PASEC data, around one-third of teachers (both male and female) in grade 6 reported using corporal punishment in the classroom. On the student-side, almost two-thirds of children/youth reported being beaten by teachers. In addition, a third of students declared being afraid at school, which had a large and statistically significant negative

UN Human Rights Council 46: UK statement on Violence against Children

Thank you, Madam President, The United Kingdom would like to thank the Special Representative for her report and for her work on this agenda, in particular her support to the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children. The UK is committed to protecting vulnerable children and helping them to grow up free from violence throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Violence has significant and lasting impacts on children’s wellbeing, ability to learn and future prospects. The UK is also committed to giving children an active role in developing, especially on issues that affect them disproportionately such as violence. The UK therefore welcomes the Special Representative’s work with Member States to ensure that child protection is included in their COVID-19 response and that children are part of the solution in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as we build back better.

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