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dc.contributor.authorReilly, Anita*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Carolineen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-21T09:26:37Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-21T09:26:37Zen
dc.date.issued2014-03-20en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552074.2014.902239
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/314386en
dc.descriptionGender based violence in or around schools continues to be a serious and pressing problem in Sierra Leone that necessitates greater attention. At the core of such violence is gender inequality that is pervasive in Sierra Leone society. School related gender-based violence is part of a complex, multi-faceted social issue. As microcosms of wider society, schools are spaces where entrenched gender roles and power dynamics are played out. This article explores what is working to reduce gender-based violence in junior secondary schools in Sierra Leone, focusing in particular on Plan UK's Building Skills for Life project. The project focuses on supporting the empowerment of adolescent girls through a life cycle approach, focusing on four core areas: the attainment of a quality basic education, freedom from violence, economic empowerment, and the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights. While recognising that gender-based violence is an issue for both girls and boys in schools, it focuses on the factors that make adolescent girls particularly susceptible to violence and looks at the on-going challenges to reducing gender-based violence in schools and the wider community. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent16en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/adolescent-girls-experiences-of-violence-in-school-in-sierra-leone-and-the-chal-314386
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleAdolescent girls' experiences of violence in school in Sierra Leone and the challenges to sustainable changeen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countrySierra Leoneen
oxfam.subject.keywordGender-based violence
oxfam.subject.keywordGirls' education
oxfam.subject.keywordSecondary education
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameEducationen
prism.number1en
prism.volume22en
dc.year.issuedate2014en


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