Together for Girls Partnership: Ending Sexual Violence Against Girls

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'In 2002, the World Health Organization estimated that 150 million girls and 75 million boys worldwide experienced sexual violence before the age of 18. Research shows that consequences of the sexual violence epidemic in children include increased risk of contracting HIV, as well as myriad debilitating mental health problems that affect social behaviors, education opportunity, emotional well-being, and overall quality of life.
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The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) acknowledges the importance of addressing sexual violence against girls as a global epidemic that connects directly to the spread of HIV/AIDS and is proud to collaborate with a groundbreaking partnership called Together for Girls. Together for Girls was launched in September 2009 at the annual meeting for the Clinton Global Initiative as a movement to end sexual violence.
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Led by Michele Moloney-Kitts, the former Assistant U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, the public-private partnership connects organizations including the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator/PEPFAR, the Office of Global Women’s Issues, CDC Office of Violence Prevention, the Nduna Foundation, BD, the CDC Foundation, Grupo ABC, and five United Nations agencies, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UN Women, UNFPA and WHO.
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In line with these efforts, the Government of Tanzania, with support from Together for Girls partners UNICEF and CDC, recently released a report on their National Study on Violence against Children (August 2011) and a national action plan to address the issues raised in the survey.
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Emotional abuse in the home and physical abuse in schools, such as the 78 percent of girls and 67.4 percent of boys who report having been punched, kicked, or whipped over five times by a teacher in school, also highlighted areas for potential interventions.'