Citation

Bisika T, Ntata P, Konyani S. J. Gend. Stud. 2009; 18(3): 287-294.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09589230903057183

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study – funded by Actionaid and UNICEF – sought to determine the extent to which violence prevents girls accessing primary school education in Malawi. It further sought to identify the different types of violence that girls experience when in primary school; the perpetrators of this violence; and where the violence takes place. The study established that girls are subject to several forms of violence as a result of their gender; that such gender-based violence is detrimental to their experience of primary education; and that it negatively affects their ability to access education in Malawi.