Stories

	Learn Without Fear: Three years on March 2012: March 2012 – The report highlights achievements that protect 485 million children from violence and bullying in schools, while underpinning the importance of continued work at government and community levels
	Plan calls for end of violence in schools on International Children’s Day 8th June 2011: International Children's Day is a key date on the global calendar, when the world stops for a moment to consider the too often ignored plight of children. One way which Plan utilised this day was by raising awareness about violence against children in schools in Guinea Bissau.
	Next time, it’s a red and you are off! 13th May 2011: Schools in Kenya are using a red and yellow card system to combat violence against children in schools.
	Plan leads the way at the International Conference on Violence in Schools 4th May 2011: Plan influences global thinking and dialogue on violence in schools, through research and learning from the Learn Without Fear campaign.
	Learning Without Fear through football 20th April 2011: Plan Indonesia have launched a new project to tackle violence in schools through a girls football programme.
	Child helplines are helping to reduce violence against children 18th April 2011: New data from four countries, Zimbabwe, Paraguay, Sweden and Egypt, shows violence in schools is one of the main reason children call child helplines, which are in a unique position to help fight violence and abuse in schools.
	UN takes on Learn Without Fear recommendations 17th March 2011: New UN recommendations include many asks made by the Learn Without Fear campaign, after successful advocacy at the 55th Comission on the Status of Women. The recommendations are supported by the UN Special Representative on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais, pictured here.
	El Salvador's Learning by Playing project March 2011: More than 2,200 children and adolescents of eight low-income schools in El Salvador will benefit from the “Learning by Playing” project, which aims to create safe environments where children can play, learn and explore their creativity with support and supervision of their teachers.
	UN talks bid to end violence against girls in schools 18/01/2011: Findings from the campaign are feeding into global discussions about how to eliminate violence against girls in schools. Learn Without Fear will be hosting an event and taking part in a variety of panels and debates about how to best eliminate violence in schools, at the UN Commission on the Status of Women summit.
	Holistic approach to child protection in Malawi 28/11/2011: Between 2008-2010 Plan Malawi implemented the project ‘Strengthening District Child Protection Systems’ across the country. This project has helped to link informal community mechanisms to formal mechanisms. As such perpetrators can be properly held to account for their actions.