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How to prevent gender-based sexual violence and early marriages in the
Middle East
Authors: P. Ouis; T. Myhrman
Publisher: Child Rights Information
Network , 2007
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Link to 173-Page Report: http://www.crin.org/docs/Gender_based_sexual_Violence.pdf
This
paper is an analysis of the existing gender-based sexual violence against
teenage girls in the Middle East. It is a comparative study that analyses the
realities of early marriages and sexual abuse in Lebanon, the Occupied
Palestinian Territories and Yemen.
The paper states that there are thousands of girls in the Middle
East region that are denied their right to participation, education, play,
and self-expression. They are forced into early marriage and used as domestic
labourers in their own homes.
The report notes that there is a shortage of, and a need to develop, material
that highlights the harmful effects of sexual violence against children and the
child’s right to protection. Furthermore experts from all countries concerned
outlined the need for capacity building of adults to be able to deal with
children and have the know-how on preventing sexual violence and supporting
children who have been exposed to such aggression.
The report makes the following recommendations:
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