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VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS IN SCHOOL - MODEL NATIONAL POLICY

FOR PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT, AND ELIMINATION

Title	Making the Grade. A Model National Policy for the Prevention, Management and Elimination of Violence Against Girls in School (in English and French)
Author	ActionAid International and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
Publication Date	January 2007
Publisher	ActionAid International and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
Short Summary	Violence that girls face at school deters many of them from remaining in education and blocks the achievement of many others. There are numerous international and national commitments stating that girls have a legal right to education, including equal access. However, the existence of these conventions has not been sufficient to secure education for all girls. This document outlines a model policy on the prevention, management and elimination of violence against girls in schools. It was developed by a group made up of education policy experts, civil society activists, teachers' unions representatives, and women's rights experts. The policy is designed to help Southern African Development Community governments develop an integrated single comprehensive policy. The document sets out roles and responsibilities for the various stakeholders in the education sector in terms of prevention, identification and reporting of violence against girls, assistance for survivors, how to deal with perpetrators and hearing of the case and capacity building. The policy suggests that there may be a need for schools to support girls who head households with assistance from social welfare programmes, so as to minimise their vulnerability to violence. The need to heighten teachers' commitment to protecting girls from violence in schools, both in the general education system and in their classrooms in particular, was highlighted. Government needs to ensure that teacher training institutions integrate violence against girls' awareness in the pre- and in-service training curriculum as part of teacher training. The policy finally recommends the setting up of a monitoring body made up of stakeholders in the education sector and empowers that body to monitor and evaluate progress in the prevention and elimination of violence against girls in schools. This document is also available in French(Les filles aussi! Un modele de politique nationale pour la prevention, la gestion et l'elimination de la violence faite aux filles en milieu scolaire): http://www.actionaid.org/assets/pdf/aa_making_the_grade_french.pdf
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