AFRICA E-NEWSLETTER: Ending Corporal Punishment of Children (issue 4)

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Summary: The highlight of this issue is that from 28 February to 1 March 2011, The African Child Policy Forum and the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, in collaboration with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, held a Strategic Consultation on ending corporal punishment of children across Africa, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The outcome of the Consultation is a detailed Strategic Plan to prohibit and eliminate corporal punishment. For more information, please see our recent developments section….

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Owner: The African Child Policy Forum and the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Childrenpdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Africa-newsletter-May-2011-EN.pdf

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