Because I Am a Girl Report 2011

Publisher:
Plan International
Publication Date:
18 October 2011
Tags:
Africa, Women and Gender

This year's Because I Am A Girl report launched by Plan International revealed that 65 per cent of participants from Rwanda and India agreed that a woman should tolerate violence in order to keep her family intact. With the theme What About Boys?, the report further found out that another 43 per cent agreed with the statement that there were times when a woman deserved to be beaten.

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