Books not guns: Protests for school safety
CIVICUS Voices
English - December 28, 2023 03:00 - 25 minutes - 18 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews Commentary News human rights human rights violations human rights definition civic society ngo activism civicus global south politics protests Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The last thing students and their parents should be worrying about is whether children will be safe while attending school, and yet school shootings and attacks are a real threat around the world.
Bruno Langeani, a project manager at the Instituto Sou da Paz, helps us understand the trends and nuances of school violence in Brazil, and what can really make a change.
Vuk Cvetković us a Serbian high school student who works with the “I mi se pitamo” initiative and shares his views on how rare school shootings have mobilised tens of thousands to protest more broadly in that country.
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