Description: Violence Against Women and Girls : Education Sector Brief

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Violence Against Women and Girls : Education Sector Brief

Experiencing violence in schools can negatively impact girls' enrollment as well as the quality of the education they receive. Evidence suggests that sexual harassment is widespread in educational settings in many parts of the world. Children...

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Main Authors:	Gennari, Floriza, Urban, Anne-Marie, McCleary-Sills, Jennifer, Arango, Diana, Kiplesund, Sveinung
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ABUSE OF GIRLS ABUSED WOMEN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT MEDICINE ADULTS AGE GROUPS AIDS EDUCATION APPROPRIATE SERVICES CHANGING ATTITUDES CHILD ABUSE CHILD MALTREATMENT CLASSROOM CLASSROOM SETTING CLASSROOMS CODES OF CONDUCT COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COMPLETION RATES CONDOM USE CONSENSUAL SEX CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE CONTENT CRIME VICTIMS CURRICULA CURRICULAR REFORM CURRICULUM CURRICULUM FOR TEACHERS DISTRICT EDUCATION EARLY MARRIAGE EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION INITIATIVES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OFFICES EDUCATION PERSONNEL EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION PROJECTS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS EDUCATIONAL STATUS EFFECTIVENESS OF PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS ENROLLMENT ETHICS FAMILIES FAMILY VIOLENCE FEMALE TEACHERS FORM OF VIOLENCE FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FRIENDLY SCHOOLS GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER NORMS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLE GENDER SENSITIVITY GENDER SENSITIVITY TRAINING GENDER STEREOTYPES GENDER-SENSITIVITY TRAINING GIRLS GIRLS IN SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIV/AIDS HUMAN RIGHTS INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LEARNING LIFE SKILLS LIFE-SKILLS MANUALS MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL GENDER POLICY NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS PEACE PEER EDUCATORS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POLYGAMY PREGNANCY PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVACY PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN RADIO RAPE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT RISK REDUCTION SAFE SEX SAFER SEX SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL CONTEXT SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL SETTING SCHOOL STAFF SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLS SERVICES FOR YOUTH SEX EDUCATION SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL HEALTH SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUTH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL NORMS SOCIETY STATUS OF WOMEN SUBSTANCE ABUSE TEACHER TEACHER CERTIFICATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS TOLERANCE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES TRAINING FOR TEACHERS TRAINING MANUAL TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING TO TEACHERS TRANSPORTATION UNICEF UNITED NATIONS USAID VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21088

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Summary:	Experiencing violence in schools can negatively impact girls' enrollment as well as the quality of the education they receive. Evidence suggests that sexual harassment is widespread in educational settings in many parts of the world. Children who have witnessed violence at home or experienced violence have lower educational attainment. In Zambia, girls who experienced sexual violence were found to have more difficulty concentrating on studies, some students transferred to another school to escape harassment, and others dropped out of school because of pregnancy. Few ministries of education around the world have explicit policies on sexual violence and harassment as unacceptable, and few have developed guidelines on the definition of harassment and how educational institutions should respond.