Safe to Learn - An essay collection

Violence against children occurs on an unimaginable scale

UNICEF
Mohamad, 17, takes notes after while reading a book, in his apartment in Qatana city in Rural Damascus, Syria.
UNICEF/UNI667695/UNICEF Syrian Arab Republic
10 January 2024
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Dive Deeper: Safe to Learn Essay Collection

Want to understand the bigger picture? Explore the Safe to Learn Essay Collection featuring powerful contributions from youth, teachers, policymakers, and civil society. It offers insight into the causes, consequences, and solutions to school violence—and underscores why hearing from those with lived experience is essential to driving change.

We must hear perspectives from all of the people who have lived the reality of violence, including children and young people, and those who can and are making decisions today that could help put an end to the violence.

Joy Phumaphi, Board Chair, Safe to Learn Advisory Board

The collection was launched alongside the Transforming Education Pre-Summit and offers a roadmap for building safer, more inclusive education systems where every child can thrive.