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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/07/countries-pledge-to-ban-corporal-punishment-children>
"Eight countries have made new pledges to ban corporal punishment, the most
common form of violence against children, in a move that campaigners have
labelled “a fundamental shift” for more than 100 million under-18s.
The governments of Panama, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, Burundi, Sri Lanka and the Czech
Republic have said they will totally prohibit corporal punishment; while the
Gambia and Nigeria have promised to end it in schools.
The pledges were made as part of commitments to tackle violence against
children ahead of the first global UN ministerial conference on the subject, to
be held 7-8 November in Bogotá, Colombia.
“It’s amazing,” said Bess Herbert, an advocacy specialist at End Corporal
Punishment at the World Health Organization. “[These countries] together
account for about 150 million children and it is a fundamental shift for
[them]. It’s a very strong signal to the rest of the world that this is the
direction we are going in and we just don’t accept violence against children
any more.”"
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