Speakers
Description
This proposal from UNESCO and Power of Zero is for a special session on the main stage that brings together expertise from practitioners across the world on school based solutions to cyberviolence. Our recommendation is a 45 minute dynamic panel discussion facilitated by Nicholas Carlisle, founder of the No Bully program, through question and answer followed by 15 minutes of questions from the floor. Our panelists come from Brazil, South Korea, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Frida Warg suggested we submit this here to get it into your system.
Cyberbullying is no longer an isolated phenomenon: it is part of a growing continuum of online violence affecting children and teenagers in all their diversity globally. As cyberviolence becomes increasingly normalized in youth culture, young people are asking their schools for support. However, education systems worldwide often lack the knowledge and resources to effectively address this complex issue - only 40% of countries have a policy, strategy or plan in this area. In addition, cyberbullying takes increasingly diverse, complex forms, deeply influenced by gender and other intersecting identities – which further complicates the task of equipping schools and educators with the right knowledge and skills.
This special session, facilitated by UNESCO and the Power of Zero, brings together voices from Latin America, Asia Pacific, Australia and Europe to explore the challenges and potential solutions for equipping schools to better support students facing cyberviolence.
Keywords
cyberbullying, cyberviolence, gender violence, school-based solutions
| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Practitioner experiences |
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| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Not applicable |
