A girl's right to learn without fear : Droit d'une fille d'apprendre sans peur : lutter pour mettre fin à la violence basée sur le genre en milieu scolaire

Though girls’ circumstances vary greatly, in many places – Female, 19, India44 they are less likely than boys to be enrolled in and complete school; have less access to medical care; and are more likely to be deprived of food.42 The poorer and more marginalized the population, the greater the differences likely to exist between boys and girls. [...] When appropriate legislative are vital to prevent frameworks, policies, systems and services are in place at the national and and respond to GBV in local level – and when there is a strong commitment to acting on them – and around schools. [...] Violence against children in educational settings reflects – and sometimes intensifies – deeply embedded social and cultural norms regarding authority, hierarchy, discipline, and gender and other forms of reinforcement of discrimination.73 values in family, Social and cultural norms condone violence and reinforce gender inequalities in many of the schools attended by the world’s one billion school [...] Canada 23 Harmful gender norms, and the lower social status of women and girls relative to men and boys due to patriarchy, restrict the roles girls are able to assume.82 Adolescent girls in countries where child marriage is socially acceptable are often pressured to stop their schooling and prematurely assume roles as child brides, thereby limiting their educational and earning potential, and expo [...] Due to limited political and institutional accountability, data on sexual violence in schools is scarce.153 Latin America and the Caribbean The UN Regional Consultation in Latin America in 2005 noted that the region is characterized by a high level of social tolerance towards acts of violence in general, and alarming levels of impunity for perpetrators of GBV.154 In Latin America and the Caribbean