Video: girls say no to sexual violence at schools
Girls' education
A moving new film tells of the sexual violence and fear that girls in many countries face just for going to school.
Six girls in six countries 国产视频 who were all born in 2000 国产视频 appear in the video made by the charity Plan International as part of its 国产视频淢illennium Children国产视频 series.
They reveal that they are approached or sexually taunted by boys and men as they walk to school. They face being molested or raped when they leave their classroom to go to the toilet. And some teachers even offer good grades to girls in return for sex.
Gender-based violence at school is wrecking the education of many girls across the world 国产视频 making them too afraid to go to school. One girl said: 国产视频淚 don't go to school anymore. I'm scared to go because I was sexually assaulted there.国产视频
But another said: 国产视频淚 love education. This bad experience cannot stop me from going to school.国产视频
The film was produced and, at times, filmed by young people as part of Plan's聽youth engagement project 国产视频淕lobal Voice for Change国产视频. The organisation 聽is calling for the issue of gender-based violence in schools to be highlighted in the Sustainable Development Goals, which are set to replace the Millennium Development Goals this year.
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