"Day of the African Child: Afrobarometer survey shows majority support for corporal punishment, but opposition growing\u00a0"

" Day of the African Child: Afrobarometer survey shows majority support for corporal punishment, but opposition growing\u00a0 \r\n\r\n A majority of Africans view using physical force to discipline children as justified, but\u00a0 opposition to this practice has increased significantly over the past five years, the latest Afrobarometer survey shows.\u00a0 \r\n\r\n Support for corporal punishment is the majority view in 28 of 36 African countries surveyed in\u00a0 2021\/2022, approaching nine out of 10 citizens in Benin, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Niger.\u00a0 \r\n\r\n But opposition to the use of physical force to discipline children has risen and approaches\u00a0 three-fourths majorities in Malawi, Tanzania, and Morocco. Rejection of physical discipline is\u00a0 somewhat more common among educated and economically better-off citizens.\u00a0 \r\n\r\n The World Health Organization describes corporal punishment as a violation of a child\u2019s rights\u00a0 and harmful to his or her development, but as of 2022, only 12 African countries had\u00a0 prohibited all forms of corporal punishment.\u00a0 \r\n\r\n On average across 36 African countries surveyed in 2021\/2022, about four in 10\u00a0 citizens (38%) say it is \u201cnever\u201d justified for parents to use physical force to discipline their children. Six in 10 respondents (61%) say it is \u201csometimes\u201d or \u201calways\u201d justified.\u00a0 \r\n\r\n Opposition to the use of physical force to discipline children is strongest in Malawi\u00a0 (74%), Tanzania (72%), and Morocco (72%), while support for the practice is strongest in Benin (88%), Cameroon (87%), Burkina Faso (86%), and Niger (85%).\u00a0 \r\n\r\n On average across 32 countries surveyed in both 2016\/2018 and 2021\/2022,\u00a0 opposition to physical discipline of children has increased by 5 percentage points.\u00a0 \r\n\r\n Rejection of corporal punishment increased dramatically in several countries,\u00a0 including Tanzania (by 32 percentage points), Kenya (24 points), Liberia (22\u00a0 points), Eswatini (19 points), and Nigeria (17 points).\u00a0 \r\n\r\n Opposition to the use of physical force in disciplining children is stronger among\u00a0 citizens with formal education (40%-41%) than among those with no formal schooling\u00a0 (29%) and increases with respondents\u2019 economic status, ranging from 34% of those\u00a0 experiencing high lived poverty to 49% of those with no lived poverty. Urban residents\u00a0 (40%) are somewhat more likely than rural residents (36%) to reject corporal\u00a0 punishment.\u00a0 "

"Day of the African Child: Afrobarometer survey shows majority support for corporal punishment, but opposition growing\u00a0"

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