Gender
Violence in Schools
Recent
Gender Violence Research
Clearing
up confusion: peer-led AIDS education in Zambia
Do African adolescents know enough about AIDS to protect themselves
against infection? What is the best way to educate them about the risks
of HIV? A report from Population Services International evaluates a
peer-led HIV prevention programme in a secondary school in Zambia.
Violence
against women: what do we want to teach our teachers?
South Africa has a history of very high levels of violence which dates
back to the apartheid era, if not further. A women is raped every 35
seconds, estimates the South African Police Service. Gender-based violence
(GBV), and its link to HIV infection, is very gradually being discussed
in the public domain, but educators have no choice but to provide learners
with the basic skills to cope with the dual threat of gender violence
and HIV/AIDS now. But how, and when, can this be done within an education
system?
Men
aren’t from Mars: challenging machismo in Nicaragua
Can men unlearn machismo? A report by the Catholic Institute for International
Relations documents a pioneering programme by the NGO CANTERA (Centre
for Communication and Popular Education) in Nicaragua. Through training
courses on masculinity and gender, CANTERA encourages men to examine
and question and change traditional male values and behaviour.
War-zones
forever? Tackling violence in South Africa’s schools
Schools in much of post-apartheid South Africa are under siege from
local violence. Children are regularly mugged and sexually assaulted
and teachers are intimidated. Can violence be halted and the fear of
violence diminished? How can schools, communities and the police work
together to improve school security?
Gender
violence in Pakistan: Breaking the cycle
How can people subjected to gender violence secure justice when the
violence and abuse they suffer may not even be recognised as a crime?
What obstacles do abused women and children in Pakistan face and how
can they best be supported in seeking justice?
Having
their say - children's views on sexual abuse and exploitation
What is the best way to stop sexual abuse of children by adults? What
suggestions do children have for tackling this problem? Tearfund investigated
sexual behaviour in young people in Sri Lanka and gathered their views
on strategies to prevent sexual abuse.
More Gender
Violence Highlights
Candid
camera: putting men in the picture?
Challenging
masculine stereotypes: focus on Brazil
Understanding
adolescent violence: lessons from Palestine
Knowledge
is power - AIDS education for Ugandan schoolchildren
Selling
safe sex to young people - does youth-targeted social marketing work?
Dangerous
liaisons - sex and youth in a changing world
From
guns and drugs to gender safety
Story
telling for change
Safe
space for girls?
Mobilising
men to care?
Respect
yourself
Tackling
taboos: abuse of girls in Zimbabwean schools
August 2001 Insights
Gender Violence Special Issue:
Conspiracy
of silence? Stamping out abuse in African schools - Editorial
Criminal
justice? Tackling sexual abuse in schools
The
sugar daddy trap. Peer pressure pushes girls into sex
Dangerous
game of love? Challenging male machismo
Mixed
messages
Child
abuse by teachers in Zimbabwe
Safe
haven for girls: can teachers challenge gender violence?
Risky
behaviour: can education help?
Sites
for sore eyes
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