UNICEF has again called for an end to institutionalized violence in schools by abolishing corporal punishment and scaling up strategies for alternative forms of discipline, which do not include corporal punishment in any of its many forms.
In a message to mark Universal Children’s Day, which was observed on Friday, UNICEF Representative Marianne Flach stated that all levels of society, including families and communities must play a greater part in preventing, treating and responding to all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation.
Noting that inequality is the most pressing challenge of our time, the statement said that every child has
