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TURKEY: Teacher calls for 'harassment teams' against miniskirts
20/Feb/2015 News
The deputy principal of an Anatolian high school suggested that “male students could follow girls who wear short skirts to make them feel uncomfortable, after which the students would eventually have to dress ‘properly.’”
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КАЗАХСТАН: В школе охранники избивали пятиклассников
25/Dec/2014 News
В школе Актобе охранники избивали пятиклассников....
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PAKISTAN : en moyenne quatre attaques d'écoles par semaine
17/Dec/2014 News
Six talibans armés et équipés d’explosifs ont attaqué une école de Peshawar, dans le nord-ouest du Pakistan. Le bilan provisoire de l'attaque fait état d’au moins 130 morts, en majorité des enfants, et de dizaines de blessés.
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ARGENTINA: State bans all corporal punishment of children
8/Oct/2014 News
Argentina has become the 41st State globally, and the seventh in Latin America, to ban all forms of corporal punishment against children. 
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CAPE VERDE: Country becomes sixth African state to prohibit all corporal punishment of children
3/Oct/2014 News
Cape Verde has joined the list of states enacting legislation which prohibits all corporal punishment of children, including within the family.
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Human Rights Council holds panel discussion on violence against children
24/Sep/2014 News
The Human Rights Council held a panel discussion yesterday on "accelerating global efforts to end violence against children".
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VIOLENCE : Les enfants victimes d'une violence omniprésente selon un rapport de l'UNICEF
8/Sep/2014 News
Le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance a publié de nouvelles données révélant l'ampleur des sévices physiques, sexuels et psychologiques que subissent les enfants à travers le monde.
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VIOLENCE: Children suffering "endemic" violence globally - UN report
5/Sep/2014 News
New and unprecedented data from UN shows violence against children is tolerated and accepted as normal in many parts of the world.
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GENDER: The most outrageous ways schools are trying to enforce gender stereotypes
21/Aug/2014 News
By policing children's gender expressions, schools are ultimately reinforcing stereotypes.
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Exercise should never be used as punishment
19/Aug/2014 News
Physical activity, particularly exercise, is being used by teachers, sports coaches and parents to discipline children.
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