Violence against women and girls and education
Violence in schools and amongst school children is widespread and impacts educational attainment, health and wellbeing.
Violence in schools and amongst school children is widespread and impacts educational attainment, health and wellbeing.
School-related violence in all its forms, including bullying, is an infringement of children’s and adolescents’ rights to education and health and well-being. No country can achieve inclusive and equitable quality education for all if learners experience violence in school.
Education is a fundamental human right and essential for the exercise of all other human rights. However, learning environments are not always inclusive and safe places. They can be sites of physical, verbal, psychological and sexual violence, and social exclusion.
Impact evaluations focused on school absenteeism commonly use school records of untested quality or expensive spot-check data.
The relationship between feeling safe in school and academic achievement differs between boys and girls, and also varies between countries.
The global demands for greater understanding of the challenges menstruating school girls face and the associated potential risks and consequences are growing.
YTH worked with the Digital Trust Foundation and Vodafone Americas Foundation to explore the relationship that teens have with online privacy and safety.
In recent years, local and national authorities in countries around the world have adopted wide-ranging measures to address human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bi, trans (LGBT) and intersex people.
This rigorous literature review was commissioned by UNICEF, with the aim of examining research evidence on approaches to addressing school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). While the scope of the review was global, an emphasis was placed on research in low- and middle-income countries.
In January 2015, DRM commissioned a study to show both impact and outcomes of its programme for future development and to improve its data collection methods. The research specifically looked at DRM’s workshops in secondary schools and the impact of homophobia on young people.