The first INSPIRE implementation Jamboree

Mr John Silco (2nd row ) ED  RIC-NET was also in attendance

The first INSPIRE implementation Jamboree: “Celebrating advances in evidence-based approaches to ending violence against children” The Jamboree took place on 24-25 June 2019 in Kampala, Uganda; Hosted by the Ugandan Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office for Uganda. The meeting aimed to take stock of how stakeholders at global, regional and national levels are making use of the INSPIRE technical package (https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/inspire/en/) to inform their interventions to end violence against children. several informative presentation that includes field experiences like:  a new development paradigm of INSPIRE accelerators; New evidence to INSPIRE the SDGs;  uptake, adaptation and scaling up of INSPIRE;   and the Here it from the Strategy and implementation expert sessions Expert like full prohibition of corporal punishment in South Africa, safe schools by raising voices from Uganda, prevention of violence against children mechanism by CRVP-F  were presented.

 New resources from different practitioners were shared including:  A school-based violence prevention handbook (https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/324930) published by the WHO was launched at the Jamboree by Hon. Janat Mukwaya, Ugandan Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The handbook provides guidance for school officials and education authorities on how schools can include violence prevention in their routine activities and interaction with children, parents and the community.

 Ending corporal punishment of children: A short guide to effective law reform. https://endcorporalpunishment.org/resources/law-reform-guide/  Prohibition of corporal punishment is fundamental to child protection, and the experience of states that have achieved effective prohibition shows that legal protection supports change in attitudes and behaviour.

 An interactive global map of corporal punishment in schools is now also available at endcorporalpunishment.org/schools (https://endcorporalpunishment.org/schools/) https://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/thematic/Schools-briefing-2019.pdf