Frequently Asked Questions: School-Related Gender-Based Violence

School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV) affects children worldwide. Based on global estimates, around one in three students reports experiencing physical violence at or around school in the previous month. There are similar prevalence rates for bullying and psychological violence. Learn more about SRGBV through these Frequently Asked Questions.

Frequently asked questions: school-related gender-based violence

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Frequently Asked Questions: School-Related Gender-Based Violence

Resources

A whole-school approach to preventing school-related gender-based violence

School-Related Gender Based Violence: Case Studies From Mozambique, Sierra Leone And Zimbabwe

Global guidance on addressing school-related gender-based violence

School violence: why gender matters and how to measure school-related gender-based violence

School-related gender-based violence: achieving systemic, sustainable change - with youth and for youth

Gender and corporal punishment policy brief

School-related gender-based violence fact sheet

Blog posts

Schools offer unique opportunities to prevent violence against children

Empowered and protected: how schools must support children to prevent SRGBV

Why education has to start with keeping children safe

To end school-related gender-based violence, we must progress gender equality

Transformative solutions to end school-related gender based violence must centre survivors

Safe: Preventing gender-based violence in and through schools

Data-driven advocacy for safe and gender equitable schools

The gendered reality of corporal punishment in schools

Investing in schools and teachers is key to unlocking solutions to school-related gender-based violence

Girls Health Ed: Creating change in and through schools

Understanding school-related gender-based violence

Focus areas

Creating safe and equitable schools

Conferences

ISPCAN - The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect