Schoolgirls Not Going to School Due to Violence

The governments is West Africa are in need to adopt national policie concerning violence against schoolgirls to improve the girl's education. These schoolgirls encounter rape by teachers, verbal abuse by male students, and they are forced into early marriage. An international advocacy and campaign coordinator for ActionAid International, Victorine Djitrinou, believes that the question about violence should be solved. West Africa has the worse educational gender disparities in the world compared to other countries. There are more than eight million girls out of primary school. ActionAid has been stating for years that the violence in the school contributes as a huge problem to their education. Yet, at a conference most countries said that they do not have laws to fight violence against girls, and laws that are in place are rarely applied. There are not many people in Africa who are concerned about this issue.

I think that this is really sad! Reading this really made me mad, and I strongly believe that the government should take some type of action. The schoolgirls deserve to be in school just as much as the schoolboys. It's a shame that the girls in West Africa are being controlled to that extent. If this issue was brought to the attention of the right people globally, then I believe that justice will be served!