{"id":14381,"date":"2019-07-26T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T15:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/?page_id=14381"},"modified":"2024-05-16T11:10:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T10:10:23","slug":"africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <div class=\"separator- glacier-section\"  id=\"section-69d78195a901d\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <section>\n                    \n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h2 class=\"special-heading\" >Progress in Africa<\/h2>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6\" style=\"background: transparent  center right no-repeat scroll;\">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Africa-map-319x422.png\" alt=\"Africa map\" width=\"319\" height=\"422\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\"><\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    See individual reports on every country<\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 50px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">States prohibiting all corporal punishment<\/h1>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2022<\/strong> - <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/mauritius\/\">Mauritius<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2020 <\/strong>- <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/seychelles\/\">Seychelles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2019 <\/strong>- <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2015<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/benin\/\">Benin<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/cabo-verde\/\">Cabo Verde<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2011<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/south-sudan\/\">South Sudan<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2010<\/strong> -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/congo-republic-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congo (Republic of)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2007<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/togo\/\">Togo<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Summary tables of progress<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legality-tables\/East-and-Southern-Africa-progress-table-commitment.pdf\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    East and Southern Africa (PDF)<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legality-tables\/West-and-Central-Africa-progress-table-commitment.pdf\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    West and Central Africa (PDF)<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legality-tables\/Middle-East-and-North-Africa-progress-table-commitment.pdf\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Middle East and North Africa (PDF)<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/global-progress\/global-table-of-legality\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Online global table<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/global-progress\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Browse all summary tables<\/a>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\t<div style=\"padding-bottom: 40px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Regional campaigns against corporal punishment<\/h1>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/features\/corporal-punishment-of-children\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HRW-Index-on-Corporal-Punishment-in-MENA-1229x653.png\" alt=\"HRW Index on Corporal Punishment in MENA\" width=\"1229\" height=\"653\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">Human Rights Watch Index on Corporal Punishment for the Middle East and North Africa<\/span>\n        \n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/features.hrw.org\/features\/features\/corporal-punishment-of-children\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-sm \">\n    Visit website<\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h1 class=\"special-heading\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Regional publications and articles<\/h1>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/day-of-the-african-child-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DAC22-English-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DAC22-English\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">Day of the African Child (DAC) 2022: \u2018Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children: Progress on Policy and Practice since 2013\u2019<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/african-charter-30th-anniversary-corporal-punishment-progress\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/African-Charter-30th-anniversary-453x550.png\" alt=\"African Charter 30th anniversary\" width=\"453\" height=\"550\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">30th anniversary of the African Charter: progress on prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment (2021)<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/resources\/regional-progress-publications\/north-africa-briefing-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-retina src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NA-briefing-2017-AR-cover-2480x3508.jpg\" alt=\"NA-briefing-2017-AR-cover\" width=\"2480\" height=\"3508\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n        \t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fbox-desc\">\n        <h2><\/h2>\n        <span class=\"subtitle\">Progress in North Africa (Arabic, English, French) (2017)<\/span>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"feature-box text-center media-box \">\n    <div class=\"fbox-media\">\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/resources\/regional-progress-publications\/west-and-central-africa-briefing-2017\/\" 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size-large wp-image-9508\" src=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAQ-2017-EN-cover.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A series of booklets answering common questions about prohibiting all corporal punishment of children, including a booklet for children and one answering specific questions about corporal punishment in schools. Now available in 14 languages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<br \/><\/a><\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/ar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 (Arabic)<br \/><\/a><\/p><p><a class=\"btn btn-white btn-lg brochures \" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/faqs\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u00e7ais (French)<br \/><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t<div class=\"text-block 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