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Teema: End Corporal Punishment now hosted by World Health Organization
Kuupäev: 2023-09-18 14:43
End Corporal Punishment now hosted by the World Health Organization
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are excited to announce that on 1 September 2023 the World Health
Organization (WHO), became the new host for End Corporal Punishment. The
Initiative will also benefit from the support of a multi-partner Advisory
Committee.
Corporal punishment – the most common form of violence against children -
is a critical children’s rights and public health issue. Under the
auspices of WHO, End Corporal Punishment will build on recent progress and
continue to independently advocate for and promote the universal
prohibition and elimination of all corporal punishment of children.
End Corporal Punishment will continue hosting the global corporal
punishment knowledge hub https://endcorporalpunishment.org/ as well as the
brand and all existing resources. Our social media handles will remain the
same.
We will continue to send occasional emails to you, our 7,000-strong global
network of partners, with news of the latest prohibitions and legal
reforms, new resources, events, and key developments to support your work.
We are also extremely grateful for the information that we receive from
you.
* Read more about the new hosting arrangements for End Corporal
Punishment and progress made over the last three years.
For more information please contact: Bess Herbert (
[email protected]),
Sonia Vohito (
[email protected]) or Sabine Rakotomalala (
[email protected]).
* Read the World Health Organization’s factsheet on corporal
punishment.
We would like to thank the End Violence Partnership and Secretariat for
their strong support and hosting over the past three years, and each of
you for your collaboration.
Let’s continue working together to #EndCorporalPunishment of children!
With best wishes,
Bess Herbert, Advocacy Specialist - Corporal Punishment
[email protected]
Sonia Vohito, Legal Policy Specialist – Corporal Punishment
[email protected]
Recent news and research
Czech Government announces plan to
prohibit all corporal punishment
And launches Childhood Without Violence Initiative
<https://www.detstvibeznasili.cz/memorandum> Day of the
African Child: survey shows majority support for corporal punishment, but
opposition growing
<https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/day-of-the-african-child-afrobarome
ter-survey-shows-majority-support-for-corporal-punishment-but-opposition-g
rowing?lang=en> New video:
Australian Commissioner for Children & Young People Ending Physical
Punishment against Children Campaign – children’s voices
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBv4PcKxx9w>
New research: Child-abuse related homicides precipitated by caregiver use
of harsh physical punishment
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213422004872>
End Corporal Punishment carries out a wide range of activities
specifically designed to catalyse progress towards universal prohibition
and elimination of corporal punishment of children. We are hosted by the
World Health Organization.
We may contact you occasionally with significant news and events connected
to corporal punishment. If you would like to be removed from our mailing
list please let us know here. We will never share your details with third
parties.