Ending corporal punishment in schools to transform education for all children

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04
May

Ending corporal punishment in schools to transform education for all children

8:00 AM New York | 2:00 PM Geneva | 9:00 PM Tokyo
Online
Organizer: End Violence Partnership

Ending corporal punishment in schools to transform education for all children

8:00 AM New York | 2:00 PM Geneva | 9:00 PM Tokyo
Online
Organizer: End Violence Partnership

Can you learn when you are afraid? Can you experience the transformative power of education when your teacher beats you? How can you learn the skills for employment if school is a dangerous place? Corporal punishment in schools undermines everything that education aims to achieve - and yet it remains lawful for half the global school-age population, and a weekly or even daily experience for vast numbers of children around the world. Its prevalence combined with its harmful impacts mean that the vital benefits of education for children and societies are wasted.

This high-level webinar will make the case for accelerating progress towards universal prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment, with a focus on education settings, both in support of children’s rights and protection, but also as an essential and achievable strategy for ensuring all children have access to safe, quality schooling and maximising our collective investment in education.  

The findings of a new landmark report on school corporal punishment will be presented, identifying where action is needed, and describing how progress can be achieved. Child speakers will call for an end to violent punishment in schools, and Ministers and high-level policy makers will explain why this issue is a priority for urgent action and how they are addressing it. We will also learn from experts working with teachers and communities on the ground about the practical steps needed to end corporal punishment in schools. 

Speakers include:

Chair: Mehnaz Akber Aziz, National Assembly of Pakistan, Parliamentary secretary law and justice, Convener Parliamentary Child rights Caucus, Global Co Chair International Parliamentary Network for Education 

Confirmed speakers:

Mrs. Magnet Marquez Ramirez, Minister for Education, Government of Peru

Representative of the Ministry of Education, Government of Jordan

Line Baago-Rasmussen, Education Specialist and Safe To Learn Global Coordinator, UNICEF

Sonia Vohito, End Corporal Punishment Legal Policy Specialist, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children

Quentin Wodon, Director UNESCO IICBA, former Lead Economist at the World Bank

Professor Shanaaz Mathews, Director, Children's Institute, University of Cape Town and Founding Member of the Coalition for Good Schools

Baguma Filbert Bates, General Secretary, Uganda National Teachers' Union

Prerit Rana, Chief Executive, Agrasar, India

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Our Future Pledge: An Agenda for Futures by Youth

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UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight has partnered with young foresight practitioners from across the globe to launch the ‘Our Future Pledge: An Agenda for Futures by Youth’ global campaign.  This is a campaign by and for young people that aims to build a more inclusive and sustainable future by increasing youth participation in decision-making for the future.

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The positive impact of prohibition of corporal punishment on children’s lives: messages from research

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Legal prohibition is a critical first step in ending corporal punishment as it creates an enabling environment to bring large-scale change within countries. 40 years ago, only one country had legally banned all corporal punishment of children. Today, 65 states have fully prohibited the practice in all settings.  

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