Bogotá Global Meeting Should Commit to Ending Sexual Violence in Schools

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Secondary school girls in a classroom in a middle secondary school in Sédhiou, southern Senegal. Photo by Elin Martínez. © 2017 Human Rights Watch Millions of children experience sexual violence and other forms of violence every day, everywhere. New data shows that in the last year alone, 82 million girls and 69 million boys experienced some form of sexual violence globally, often in spaces where they should feel and be safe: at home, school, on public transport, and in community or religious spaces.In that same period, data from the coalition group Together…

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