School Violence and Bullying Occurs Throughout the World and Aff Ects a Signifi Cant Proportion of Children and Adolescents
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United Nations Sustainable Educational, Scientific and Development Cultural Organization Goals School violence and bullying occurs throughout the world and aff ects a signifi cant proportion of children and adolescents. It not only negatively impacts their educational outcomes, but harms their physical health and emotional well-being. This report aims to provide an overview of the most up-to-date available data on the nature, extent and impact of school violence and bullying and eff orts to address the problem. It was prepared by UNESCO and the Institute of School Violence and Prevention at Ewha Womans University for the International Symposium on School Violence and Bullying: From Evidence to Action, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 17 – 19 January, 2017. School Violence and Bullying Global Status Report With the support of : 9 789231 001970 Published in 2017 by the United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France © UNESCO 2017 ISBN 978-92-3-100197-0 This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository (http://www.unesco.org/open-access/terms-use-ccbysa-en). The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The ideas and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors; they are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. Cover photo: GagliardiImages/Shutterstock.com Infographics by Ben Stanford p. 14; p. 15; p. 16; p. 19; p. 21; p. 24; p. 27; p. 31; p. 51 and fi gure 1. on p. 29 Designed and printed by UNESCO Printed in France School Violence and Bullying: Global Status Report Presented at the International Symposium on School Violence and Bullying: From Evidence to Action, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 17 – 19 January 2017 UNESCO Education Sector The Global Education 2030 Agenda Education is UNESCO’s top priority because it UNESCO, as the United Nations’ specialized is a basic human right and the foundation on agency for education, is entrusted to lead and which to build peace and drive sustainable coordinate the Education 2030 Agenda, which development. UNESCO is the United Nations’ is part of a global movement to eradicate specialized agency for education and the poverty through 17 Sustainable Development Education Sector provides global and Goals by 2030. Education, essential to achieve regional leadership in education, strengthens all of these goals, has its own dedicated Goal national education systems and responds 4, which aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable to contemporary global challenges through quality education and promote lifelong learning education with a special focus on gender opportunities for all.” The Education 2030 equality and Africa. Framework for Action provides guidance for the implementation of this ambitious goal and commitments. Education Sector United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Table of contents Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................................................5 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................6 Acronyms ..........................................................................................................................................................................7 Summary ...........................................................................................................................................................................8 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................12 1.1 Background and rationale .....................................................................................................................................................................................12 1.2 Purpose and structure .............................................................................................................................................................................................13 2. The problem .......................................................................................................................................................14 2.1 The scope of school violence and bullying ................................................................................................................................................14 2.2 The extent of school violence and bullying ...............................................................................................................................................21 2.3 The impact of school violence and bullying .............................................................................................................................................27 3. The response ......................................................................................................................................................31 3.1 Leadership .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 3.2 School environment .................................................................................................................................................................................................37 3.3 Capacity ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................38 3.4 Partnerships ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 3.5 Services and support ................................................................................................................................................................................................45 3.6 Data, monitoring and evaluation ......................................................................................................................................................................47 3.7 Examples of programmes ......................................................................................................................................................................................48 4. Priority actions ...................................................................................................................................................51 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................54 Foreword All forms of violence and bullying in schools infringe the fundamental right to education and unsafe learning environments reduce the quality of education for all learners. No country can achieve inclusive and equitable quality education if learners experience violence in school. School violence and bullying can also seriously harm the health and well-being of children and adolescents with the adverse effects persisting into adulthood. This report has been prepared by UNESCO and the Institute of School Violence and Prevention at Ewha Womans University for the International Symposium on School Violence and Bullying: From Evidence to Action, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 17 – 19 January 2017. It aims to provide an overview of the most up-to-date available data on the nature, extent and impact of school violence and bullying and initiatives to address the problem. The symposium is one of a series of international meetings UNESCO has organised to address school violence and bullying and it is intended to promote evidence-based action by educators, policy makers, professionals and practitioners in the education, health and other sectors. Consequently, this report aims to provide education sector stakeholders with a framework for planning and implementing effective programmes to prevent and respond to school violence and bullying as part of wider efforts to address violence against children. The symposium represents an important opportunity for the international community to determine how it will take action to implement and follow up on the recommendations of the UN Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children on protecting children and young people from violence and bullying, and to consider how to utilise existing data and evidence for monitoring school violence and bullying and the effectiveness of responses to it. UNESCO and the Institute of School Violence and Prevention at Ewha Womans University hope that this report will make a crucial contribution to raising