{"id":19395,"date":"2020-08-18T15:12:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/?p=19395"},"modified":"2020-12-17T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T10:36:43","slug":"the-global-initiatives-legacy-to-be-taken-forward-by-end-violence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/the-global-initiatives-legacy-to-be-taken-forward-by-end-violence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global Initiative&#8217;s legacy to be taken forward by End Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In September 2020, the <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6fd6a1fbff69ed2b8de02ff45&amp;id=bccf463ca0&amp;e=28732eff6c\">Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (GI)<\/a> will close, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.end-violence.org\/ending-corporal-punishment#the-issue\">Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (End Violence Partnership)<\/a> will take forward its work as the global advocacy lead for the comprehensive prohibition of corporal punishment. Please note that the Global Initiative website and resources will continue to be available and updated with the latest information.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The End Violence Partnership is a public-private partnership and fund launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2016 to accelerate progress to end all forms of violence against children. The End Violence Partnership includes more than <a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6fd6a1fbff69ed2b8de02ff45&amp;id=e0fff7ef4d&amp;e=28732eff6c\">450 partners<\/a>, including governments, civil society organisations, UN agencies, private corporations and research\u00a0institutions. The Partnership is a global platform for evidence-based advocacy, action and investments to end all violence against children.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>As the End Violence Partnership takes up the baton of GI\u2019s advocacy work, the vision to protect all children from violent discipline remains as strong as ever, as will the level of investment in the global policy, legal and advocacy work required to realise this vision. The End Violence Partnership will maintain and develop GI&#8217;s website\u00a0as an important platform and resource for everyone working to end corporal punishment.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201c<em>In 1989, only four countries had prohibited corporal punishment against children,\u201d<\/em> said <strong>Anne Crowley, Chair of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children<\/strong>. <em>\u201cAs we hand over the reins to the End Violence Partnership, 60 countries have issued bans of their own and many more have the potential to follow suit. With ten years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the goal to eradicate violence against children, the trustees of GI\u00a0welcome the End Violence Partnership\u2019s commitment to this issue and to continuing our work.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The\u00a0End Violence\u00a0Partnership includes\u00a030\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6fd6a1fbff69ed2b8de02ff45&amp;id=c2da50f6d7&amp;e=28732eff6c\">Pathfinding<\/a>\u00a0governments\u00a0that have made a formal, public commitment to comprehensive action to end all forms of violence against children,\u00a0including corporal punishment.\u00a0This network of committed governments and the wider global network of partners uniquely positions the\u00a0Partnership to continue\u00a0to advocate for and support\u00a0the prohibition of violent discipline at the national level.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>This work will complement the Partnership\u2019s work to keep children everywhere safe from violence at home, at school, online and within their community. GI\u2019s multi-lingual website, with resources and data to support and track corporal punishment prohibition, will be an asset for the Partnership and its 450 global partners to use in their collective efforts to achieve SDG 16.2 \u2013 zero violence against children by 2030.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201c<em>This is an exciting opportunity for everyone who cares about ending all violence against children,\u201d<\/em> said Dr <strong>Howard Taylor, Executive Director of the End Violence Partnership.<\/strong> <em>\u201cThe End Violence Partnership will build on the great work of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children in advocating for and supporting an end to all violent discipline of children \u2013 at home, at school and in other institutions.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>From 1 September 2020,\u00a0enquiries relating to this\u00a0work can be directed\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0End Violence\u00a0Partnership via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:secretariat@end-violence.org\">secretariat@end-violence.org<\/a><\/strong>. Any individual or organisation\u00a0involved in work\u00a0to\u00a0end corporal punishment\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and\u00a0any\u00a0other form of violence against children\u00a0\u2013\u00a0is encouraged to\u00a0join\u00a0the End Violence\u00a0Partnership\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6fd6a1fbff69ed2b8de02ff45&amp;id=d5788d6a55&amp;e=28732eff6c\">applying here<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.end-violence.org\/ending-corporal-punishment#the-issue\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2020, the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (GI) will close, and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (End Violence Partnership) will take forward its work as the global advocacy lead for the comprehensive prohibition of corporal punishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19806,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19395\/revisions\/19806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}