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The Joining Forces Coalition condemns in the strongest terms harmful practices such as excision, which is also internationally recognised as gender-specific child abuse and constitutes a major infringement to the bodily autonomy of women and girls.
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Daily Monitor Wednesday April 14 2021 Advertisement The State Minister for Primary Education, Ms Rosemary Seninde, has warned schools against violence against children as the country moves to fully reopen the education sector. “We have been dealing with schools and teachers who are still committing violence against children. It is something that demoralises children. We have made sure that schools stop corporal punishment because it is not the only way to discipline children. I think many schools have stopped doing that,” Ms Seninde told Daily Monitor yesterday.. She warned parents agains...
Joint statement by Joining Forces Asia: Governments must ensure fair, transparent, and gender-responsive COVID-19 vaccine distribution programs Format Introduction Although children have been spared the worst of the direct health effects of COVID-19, the pandemic has disrupted the delivery of essential health services and lives of hundreds of millions of girls and boys across the Asia-Pacific region. With the global rollout of vaccines finally gathering pace, it is essential that they are equitably distributed in order to help children’s lives return to normal. We, the undersigned child rig...