Policy brief: gender & corporal punishment; findings and recommendations from secondary analyses of the Violence Against Children & Youth Surveys (VACS) on violence in schools

This policy brief presents findings and recommendations from secondary analyses of the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS) exploring the intersection between gender, experiences of and attitudes toward corporal punishment, and its consequences. It provides a series of recommendations for further research and considerations for policy and program development to prevent corporal punishment in schools.