Resources
- Banning Corporal Punishment: The South African Experience (Advocacy Document)
- Review of Advocacy Toward the Prohibition of Parental Corporal Punishment
- Progress Towards Prohibiting All Corporal Punishment in Africa
- Global Progress Towards Prohibiting All Corporal Punishment
- Banning Corporal Punishment: The South African Experience
- Corporal Punishment of Children - A National Survey
- African Declaration on Violence Against Girls
- All Africa Report on Corporal Punishment
- Childrens Experiences of Punishment
- Resources of Worship - Respecting Children
- Corporal and Humiliating Punishment of Children in South Africa
- Ending Corporal Punishment of Children in South Africa
- Key messages and FAQs relating to the prohibition on Corporal Punishment
- Make Me a Criminal - Preventing Youth Crime
- Response to Corporal Punishment Myths
- Study on Violence Report to UN General Assembly
- UNCRC General Comment on Corporal Punishment
- UNESCO Positive Discipline in the classroom
- Violence Against Children in Africa - The Challenges and Priorities for Action
Links
A Google search shows that there are nearly 15 million sites about positive discipline and prohibiting corporal punishment, and almost all of them have links to resources and information – here are just a few:
- Article 19
Article 19 is a dedicated journal highlighting issues related to all forms of corporal punishment of children. It seeks to promote positive forms of discipline and the abolition of corporal punishment to ensure the realisation of children's rights to dignity and physical integrity. The journal aims to serve as a mechanism through which diverse and relevant information advocating the prohibition of all forms of corporal punishment of children in South Africa and on the African continent can be disseminated. It is published every four months by the Children's Rights Project at the Community Law Centre.
- Council of Europe Raise Your Hand Against Smacking Campaign
An animated video clip (length 1 minute).
- Ombetja Yehinga Organisation Trust
One of their projects is a magazine on Discipline and Punishment.
- Children’s Institute
The Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, aims to contribute to policies, laws and interventions that promote equality and realise the rights and improve the conditions of all children in South Africa, through research, advocacy, education and technical support. The Children’s Institute chairs the Children’s Bill Working Group and hosts their site.
- Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Launched in April 2001, the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children aims to speed the end of corporal punishment of children across the world.
- In Touch Parenting
This is a South African site, established in 2003 as an on-line guide to parenting.
- Positive Discipline
Described as empowering parents to end power struggles with rebellious teenagers and ‘misbehaving' children without ever resorting to blame or negative punishments like spankings & grounding.
- Positive Discipline Association
Information and tips for dealing with behaviour challenges.
- Center for Effective Discipline
The Center for Effective Discipline is a not-for-profit organization, and home to the National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools and EPOCH-USA.
- Never Hit a Child
This site contains case histories and information about the negative consequences of corporal punishment.
- Project No Spank
Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE) is an American non-profit organization. It includes articles and research on the harmful effects of corporal punishment. - Positive Parenting On-line
Positive Parenting On-line was developed to help parents everywhere learn to be more effective parents, by providing information on resources and advice.
- The web site of Murray A. Straus – professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham in the USA. This site has very good research-based evidence on the consequences for society of not protecting children against violence and corporal punishment.