Africa: Rape and Other Sexual Abuse are Robbing Millions of Children of a Future, Unesco Report Warns

1 March 2011
press release

Widespread rape and other sexual violence are depriving millions of children of an education in conflict-affected countries, UNESCO's 2011 Global Monitoring Report warns.

The report, "The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education," calls for an end to the culture of impunity surrounding sexual violence, with strengthened monitoring of human rights violations affecting education, a more rigorous application of existing international law and the creation of an International Commission on Rape and Sexual Violence, backed by the International Criminal Court.

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