What is being done to stop bullying?
There is a growing movement worldwide to stop school bullying. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides, under Article 19, that states should protect children from all forms of physical or mental injury or abuse. The United Kingdom has already passed legislation requiring every school to have an anti-bullying policy. In 2007, the state of Iowa enacted a new law requiring every school district to adopt written policies against bullying and harassment. This brings to nineteen the total number of US states that have laws against school bullying. (The District of Columbia has also passed anti-bullying legislation.) But no change will come until schools themselves take the action necessary to implement change.
