Violence against girls in Africa during armed conflicts and crises

Second International Policy Conference on the African Child: Violence Against Girls in Africa, Addis Ababa, 11-12 May 2006. Report by Florence Tercier Holst-Roness, Women and War Adviser for the ICRC.

Table of contents:

I. Introduction

II. Legal framework

III. Forms of violence against girls in armed conflicts

V. ICRC approach and activities

VI Strategies and way forward

VII. Conclusion

VIII. Bibliography

Further information 

• Conference: Violence against Girls in Africa
• African Child Policy Forum: Born to High Risk: Violence Against Girls in Africa (2006)
• CRIN's website on the UN Study on Violence against Children