Safe to Learn: A Breakthrough Approach to Ending Violence Against Children through Safe and Enabling Schools
Executive Summary
Violence in and around schools undermines children’s safety, learning, and well-being. It weakens trust in education systems and pushes the most marginalized learners out of classrooms that should protect and empower them. Yet, violence is not inevitable. The evidence is clear, and proven approaches exist to prevent, reduce, and respond to it.
At the 2024 Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children more than 48 governments pledged to create safe and enabling learning environments. Delivering on these pledges requires moving from commitment to sustained reform, using data to guide decisions and embedding violence prevention within education systems.
Safe to Learn is a global initiative working to end violence in and around schools. Through its Call to Action and Technical Package Safe to Learn’s 19 partners work with national governments to strengthen data- and evidence-informed education sector plans, reinforce cross-ministerial accountability, and integrate violence prevention and response into education policies, budgets, and monitoring processes.
The Questions We Sought To Answer:
Effective Governance and Multi-Sectoral Coordination
Data Driven and Evidence Based Solutions
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About ISPCAN Rise Up Policy Forum
The ISPCAN Rise Up Policy Forum is a global initiative to catalyze progress in child protection through a public health and system strengthening approach. It brings together governments, researchers and practitioners in a community of practice and learning, to build on and translate into action the pledges made during the 2024 Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children.
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