{"id":21490,"date":"2021-07-30T12:27:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T11:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/?p=21490"},"modified":"2021-07-30T12:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T11:28:33","slug":"impact-of-gender-on-corporal-punishment-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/impact-of-gender-on-corporal-punishment-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"New policy brief: the impact of gender on corporal punishment, education and learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Together for Girls has released a new policy brief that analyses the gendered reality of corporal punishment in schools. The policy brief, created with input from the End Violence Partnership, highlights the way students\u2019 experiences of violence in schools varied based on the gender of both teachers and students themselves.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cOur research sought to better understand the interplay of gender with both experiences and perpetration of corporal punishment in schools, as well as attitudes toward its acceptability, through the analysis of data on violence against children,\u201d<\/span>the policy brief states. \u201cOur hope is that these findings can inform efforts to better understand the relationship between gender and violence in and around schools to promote and ultimately achieve safe, positive, and gender equitable school environments.\u201d\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

To do so, Together for Girls conducted secondary analyses of\u202f12 national Violence Against Children\u202fand Youth Surveys (VACS), nationally representative household surveys of males and females ages 13 to 24 that measure violence in childhood.\u202fCountries surveyed included\u202fColombia, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, El Salvador, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The result of that work is a critical set of statistics,\u00a0findings\u00a0and recommendations on curbing corporal punishment in schools by focusing on its gendered aspects.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Among other important data, Together for Girls found:\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>