ZIMBABWEZIMBABWEAccording to statistics from UNICEF relating to the period 2001-2007, of girls and women aged 15-49, 48% think that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife under certain circumstances.
(UNICEF, 2009, Progress for Children: A report card on child protection, NY: UNICEF
www.childinfo.org/files/Progress_for_Children-No.8_EN.pdf)
A 2009 baseline study carried out by Plan on violence in schools in preparation for the launch of the Learn Without Fear campaign in the country found that 67% of children and 35% of teachers surveyed agreed that corporal punishment was inflicted by all teachers at one point or another, usually unrecorded and unreported.
(Reported in The Zimbabwean, 14 October 2009
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25501:-shocking-schools-report--beatings-bullying-sex-abuse&catid=31:weekday-top-stories&Itemid=30&q=corporal+punishment)
See also Plan International’s “Learn Without Fear” campaign.
plan-international.org/learnwithoutfear