Around 13 million, or one in 20 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 worldwide have experienced rape during their lifetime, according to a report published Tuesday by the United Nations’ Children’s Agency, UNICEF.
Despite progress in many areas, girls and women continue to face violence and discrimination, revealed the U.N. Children’s Agency. The study took stock of the situation over the past 25 years, since the so-called Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was endorsed in 1995, the first major global commitment to achieving gender equality to date.
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