RIYADH — A national conference against school bullying will be launched Sunday in Riyadh. The two-day conference, which is organized in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), will focus on bullying among teenagers in schools all over the world. More attention will be given to the long-term behavioral, psychological as well as physical effects bullying has on victims. The conference will train student counselors ways to raise student and teacher awareness on how to deal with bullies. It will also come up with a program that will be implemented in public schools and reduce the number of victims of bullying. Experts from all over the world will participate in the conference.
