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    30 March 2020

    Preventing Bullying: The Role of Public Health and Safety Professionals

    Bullying is far too often seen as an inevitable part of youth culture. But the consequences of bullying can be serious and may reverberate throughout the lifespan—affecting not only children who are bullied and children who bully, but also their families and friends. Public health and safety professionals can and ...
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    30 March 2020

    Behind the numbers: Ending school violence and bullying

    The purpose of this report is to present a synthesis and new analysis of the available evidence on school violence and bullying, based on the latest and most comprehensive data. The aim is to raise awareness, share lessons learned and encourage countries to take evidence-based action to prevent and respond effecti...
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    30 March 2020

    Ending the torment: tackling bullying from the schoolyard to cyberspace

    This publication seeks to bring together key elements of the rich global expertise on the issue of bullying in order to share information, ideas and examples of best practice with all those who are interested in tackling such a scourge. It offers a complement to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Viol...
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    29 August 2019

    How to talk to decision-makers about bullying in schools

    Every child has the right to go to school safe from violence, including from their peers. Children also have the right to privacy, freedom of expression and freedom of information. When children are victims of bullying and cyberbullying, these rights are not respected. Having a legislative and policy framework tha...
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    14 September 2018

    Teenagers in Honduras face violence, bullying in schools

    School may be one of the most influential institution in children’s lives, ranking just below family and home. In the best of cases, schools are safe and encouraging spaces where children gain the knowledge and skills they need to navigate adult life. It’s also where children cultivate friendships and form peer gr...
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    11 August 2016

    Two-thirds of young people in more than 18 countries say they have been victims of bullying

    More than nine out of 10 young people believe bullying is a pervasive problem in their communities, and two-thirds say they have experienced bullying first hand - a new poll conducted by UNICEF and their partners shows. The poll was conducted through U-Report, a rapidly growing youth engagement tool that provides a platform for over 2 million young ‘U-Reporters’ from more than 20 countries. Through the poll young people were asked via SMS, Facebo...
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    03 September 2019

    UNICEF poll: More than a third of young people in 30 countries report being a victim of online bullying

    One in three young people in 30 countries said they have been a victim of online bullying, with one in five reporting having skipped school due to cyberbullying and violence, in a new poll released today by UNICEF and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence against Children. Speak...
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    28 March 2018

    UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham visits Indonesia to meet children tackling violence and bullying in the classroom

     – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham travelled to Indonesia this week to meet children who have experienced classroom violence and bullying, and to see how 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund is supporting anti-bullying programmes in schools. Since 2015 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund has transformed the live...
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    15 March 2019

    #ENDviolence with BTS

    Embedded video follows Have you ever felt afraid of violence in or around your school? We asked this question to teens around the world and received more than a million responses., Two out of three of you said yes, . But many of you also believe that ending violence in schools is possible, and you told us how. Through the youth-written #ENDviolence Youth Manifesto , teens around the world agreed:, Being kind, is the first step to making schools s...
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    02 May 2019

    Read the winning comic book from UNICEF’s School Superhero Comic Contest

    2 May 2019 - After searching far and wide, the ultimate superhero striving to end violence in school has been chosen: Cipta!  Cipta, known as Rajwa to her peers, is a 15-year-old who can turn her drawings into real-life objects that she uses to stop violence in schools. As soon as she enters a new school rife with...
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    04 February 2019

    Safer Internet Day: UNICEF calls for concerted action to prevent bullying and harassment for the over 70 per cent of young people online worldwide

    UNICEF warned today of the dangers posed by online violence, cyberbullying and digital harassment for the 70.6 per cent of young people aged 15 to 24 years old who are online globally, and called for concerted action to tackle and prevent violence against children and young people online. The call, made on Safer I...
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    06 September 2018

    Snezana’s story

    From being bullied to ending conflicts at school
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