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It will take 50 years to reverse risks of gender-based violence unless progress is accelerated.


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December 11, 2020
In Africa, cases of human rights violations including gender-based violence such as sexual harassment, child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic and sexual violence have been on the rise, particularly with the containment measures for COVID-19. This threatens to reverse the accumulated gains made in realizing gender equality on the continent. Data shows that more than 50 million girls under the age of 14 years in Africa are at-risk of FGM, while more than 115 million women, were married as girls. Experts have cautioned that if progress is not accelerated, it will take almost 50 years to end child marriage.
To accelerate action on protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, the African Union Commission through the Women, Gender and Development Directorate together with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UN Women, convened a multi-stakehold ....

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APO Group - Africa Newsroom / Press release | It will take 50 years to reverse risks of gender-based violence unless progress is accelerated


It will take 50 years to reverse risks of gender-based violence unless progress is accelerated
Data shows that more than 50 million girls under the age of 14 years in Africa are at-risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), while more than 115 million women, were married as girls
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 14, 2020/APO Group/
In Africa, cases of human rights violations including gender-based violence such as sexual harassment, child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic and sexual violence have been on the rise, particularly with the containment measures for COVID-19. This threatens to reverse the accumulated gains made in realizing gender equality on the continent. Data shows that more than 50 million girls under the age of 14 years in Africa are at-risk of FGM, while more than 115 million women, were married as girls. Experts have cautioned that if progress is not accelerated, it will take almost 50 years to end child marriage. ....

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