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THE GIRL CHILD - Text examples from
UN Study:
44."The majority of studies
found girls to be abused at 1.5-3 times the rate for males."
45."Absence of legally
established minimum ages for sexual consent and marriage in some countries may
expose children to partner violence. Eighty-two million girls are estimated to
marry before age 18. A significant number are married at much younger ages,
frequently coercively, and face a high risk of violence, including forced
sex."
46."Harmful traditional
practices affect children disproportionately and are generally imposed on them
at an early age by their parents or community leaders. According to the Special
Rapporteur on traditional practices affecting the health of women and the girl
child, female genital mutilation, which, according to the WHO, is carried out
on increasingly younger girls, is prevalent in Africa, and also occurs in some
parts of Asia and within immigrant communities in Europe, Australia, Canada and
the United States of America. Other harmful traditional practices affecting
children include binding, scarring, burning, branding, violent initiation
rites, fattening, forced marriage, so-called 'honour' crimes and dowry-related
violence, exorcism or 'witchcraft.' "
52."Sexual and gender-based
violence also occurs in educational settings. Much is directed against girls,
by male teachers and classmates."
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The United Nations Secretary-General’s
Study on Violence Against Children
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Study on Violence Against Children which was presented to the
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