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In Arabic The 173-page report presents the following four titles: It concludes with a one-page chapter titled "The Future: how we will combat sexual violence against children", suggesting that Save the Children and its local partners should acknowledge the importance of girl's right to eduction in order to combat sexual violence, thus setting up and lobby for implementing best- practices to make access for school possible for girls. SC and its partners should also carry out and facilitate training of professionals on how to set up structures that prevent sexual violence to the largest extent possible; build the capacity of professionals so that they can detect and support children, who have been, or are exposed to sexual violence; and produce material for teachers, social workers, and other adults on how to teach children about their rights to protection. Read: IRIN's report about early marriage in Yemen
A report by Save the Children Sweden entitled Gender Based Sexual Violence Against Teenage Girls in the Middle East presents a comparative situation analysis of honour violence, early marriages and sexual abuse in Lebanon, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Yemen.
1- A new approach: gender-based sexual violence as a violation of the convention on the rights of the child
2- Modernization in a multi regional society: sexual violence against female teenagers in Lebanon
3- Political instabitity and nation building: sexual violence against female teenagers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
4- Development struggles versus poverty and traditions: sexual violence against female teenagers in Yemen
Further information:
CRIN's page on civil society and UN study on violence against children
Middle East and North Africa in the UN study on violence against children