Agency calls for global halt to violence against girls

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Guardian
Liz Ford
Friday December 10, 2004

Sexual assaults, verbal abuse and intimidation by male teachers and pupils are deterring thousands of girls from attending schools across the world, according to research published by the international development agency ActionAid.

Violence or the fear of violence have become "serious barriers" to girls' education in poorer countries around the world, a problem that has been largely ignored by the international community, but one that could prove an obstacle to meeting internationally agreed education targets, said the organisation.

ActionAid is calling on governments to do more to outlaw violence against girls, which in some countries is seen as an acceptable practice.

In its report, Stop violence against girls in school, published to coincide with International Human Rights Day today, researchers, who collected information from 12 countries in Africa and Asia, found that girls of all ages, race and class were often subjected to physical attacks and verbal abuse both in and out of the classroom.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1370943,00.html

See also:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1060515&mesg_id=1060515

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1. Children face sex risk at US schools (Guardian)-it is worldwide

and not only involves girls.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1263844,00.html

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2. Kick

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