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One in three girls in Tanzania sexually abused

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Summary of story from BBC News, August 9, 2011

A new UNICEF survey has found that nearly a third of girls living in Tanzania experience sexual abuse before they turn 18. The figure for boys is 13.4 per cent.

Of those who had had sex before the age of 18, 29.1 per cent of women and 17.5 per cent of men had been unwilling to do so.

Shukuru Kawamba, Tanzania’s Education Minister, said that the government was determined to end child abuse in Tanzania and would set up reporting mechanisms for abuse victims and would encourage teachers to take care of children they felt to be vulnerable.

Similar surveys are being carried out in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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