All: Preventing school-related gender-based violence in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Nigeria
The role of schools in preventing violence against children
School settings are hugely significant in children’s development and socialization, making them ideal venues for challenging harmful social norms around violence and gender equality.
- 21st April 2025
Lessons from whole-school interventions to prevent school-related gender-based violence
School-related gender-based violence affects millions of children around the world. UNGEI champions a whole school approach to end SRGBV so that all children can be safe to learn.
- 24th January 2025
Breaking new ground in measuring school-related gender-based violence
If we want to eradicate SRGBV, we first need to understand the nature of this issue and get a better sense of its scale in different contexts. Only then we will be able to effectively call on policymakers to implement policy and programmatic changes that ensure school environments are free from violence.
- 28th November 2024
Schools offer unique opportunities to prevent violence against children
A billion children spend a significant proportion of their time in school every day, making school settings a key factor in interventions to save more children from violence.
- 26th March 2024
The gendered reality of corporal punishment in schools
Social norms drive gender inequalities and violence, and even though access to education is a human right, learners across the globe are impacted by school-related gender-based violence.
- 30th April 2021
Investing in schools and teachers is key to unlocking solutions to school-related gender-based violence
Every child deserves to be safe at home, in their communities, and at school. However, findings from the VACS show that many children experience school-related gender-based violence. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
- 2nd December 2020
Understanding school-related gender-based violence
Every child around the world deserves the opportunity to learn. Education is a basic human right and a necessary pathway to ending extreme poverty. We know that equitable, quality education has an immense power to transform the lives of individuals, communities, and nations.
- 13th July 2020