14 years old & pressured for sex - Take action for schoolgirls in Tanzania

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14 years old & pressured for sex - Take action for schoolgirls in Tanzania


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Tanzania: Protect Girls from Physical and Sexual Abuse in Schools


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Chris,

"[He] tried to convince me to have sex. He was approaching me during [sports] field practice...he would call me when [other] students went for a break."

Lucia was just 14 years old when her teacher started pressuring her for sex at her school in Tanzania. And shockingly, she's not alone. 10% of girls in Tanzania experience sexual violence at the hand of their teachers.

Please take action to stand up for Lucia and all schoolgirls in Tanzania. No child should face sexual abuse at school. (http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Ax2L8/zSVy/t8hl)

Instead of investigating and prosecuting teachers like Lucia's, the government is making it harder for girls in Tanzania to go to school in the first place.

Both pregnant and married girls are expelled or rejected from schools, girls face mandatory pregnancy tests, and corporal punishment is common. It's policies like these that disproportionately discriminate against girls, making it harder for them to achieve an education.

Sadly, more than 8,000 Tanzanian girls drop out of school each year as a result of pregnancy alone.

We cannot stand for this. (http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Ax2L8/zSVy/t8hl) As a powerful international community of people who care, we have a chance to add pressure to the government in Tanzania to enact important changes that will stop the abuse and help schoolgirls.

Such legislation should ensure that pregnant and married girls are not expelled from school, that teachers who abuse students are prosecuted, and that mandatory pregnancy tests and corporal punishment are banned.

Please sign this petition demanding that the government of Tanzania pass comprehensive legislation that protects girls from physical and sexual abuse in schools. (http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Ax2L8/zSVy/t8hl)

Thank you,

Alex B.
The Care2 Petitions Team




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How we can rewrite the story for girls.


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Dear Chris,

In our recent Let Her Learn reports on ending school pushout, we found that over one in five girls aged 14 to 18 had experienced sexual assault. Unfortunately, too many girls also report that the adults in their lives frequently respond in ways that penalize them for the violence others have inflicted upon them.

Instead of holding perpetrators accountable and giving young survivors the support they to feel safe at school, schools are letting their needs slip through the cracks—or even punishing them for their responses to unaddressed trauma. In doing so, they’re effectively forcing these girls to shoulder a lifelong double-burden of surviving violence and unequal educational opportunity.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Please watch and share this new video (http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=UH2p66manQRv87oZOGaQVw)—let’s all do our part to disrupt the cycle of sexual assault and school pushout and Let Her Learn.

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Sexual assault shouldn’t happen to anyone, at any age. We all have a role to play in stopping sexual assault, and until we succeed in ending it entirely, we also have a duty to support survivors.

That’s why we’ve spent so much time listening. We surveyed over 1,000 girls, and they told us how the various people in their lives educators, family members, and policymakers could make a difference. Our hope is that this new video shows that educators, families, and communities can make sure sexual assault doesn’t derail the rest of a girl’s life. Please watch and share this video (http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=AT_nL7JWIBa-_ne7imXURg) to shine a hopeful light on this devastating issue.

Sincerely,
Fatima Goss Graves
Senior Vice President for Program & President-Elect
National Women's Law Center

P.S. You can read more about the educational barriers faced by survivors of sexual harassment and assault, as well as recommendations to eliminate these barriers, in this report (http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=vmJVtHvoXHDGWilGN6Peqw).


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