EDUCATION: Learn without Fear

Submitted by crinadmin on Thu, 09/10/2008 - 06:20

Plan's new report, the most comprehensive global examination of school violence yet, focuses on three major areas: sexual violence, corporal punishment and bullying.

The report shows that:

Girls as young as 10 are being forced to have sex by their teachers to pass exams, and threatened with poor grades and failure if they refuse.
Every year, more than 350,000,000 children suffer some type of violence in school. That's equivalent to more than the entire population of the United States.
90 countries continue to allow teachers to legally use corporal punishment and laws in countries that do ban it are often poorly enforced.

Further information

Campaign to target violence in schools (Plan International, November 2007)
Overview of recommendations on violence in schools (Secretariat for the UN Study on Violence Against Children, August 2006)
Violence in Schools - website (Council of Europe)
CRIN website on violence against children

pdf: http://www.learnwithoutfear.org/en/resources.php

Organisation:

Plan International - HQ

Articles:

Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

Article 29: Aims of education

Article 28: Education

Attachment Link:

http://www.learnwithoutfear.org/en/resources.php

Countries

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