 The Office of Women in Development at the U.S. Agency for
International Development has funded and published a review of research
literature on gender violence in schools in developing countries
conducted at WCW. The report, “Unsafe Schools: A Literature Review of
School Related Gender Based Violence in Developing Countries” was
written by Jo H. Kim and Susan M. Bailey with Sumru Erkut , Nada Aoudeh,
Ineke Ceder, and Victoria L. Banyard. The report identifies, annotates
and synthesizes research studies and projects/interventions addressing
primary- and secondary-school-related gender-based violence.
The review reveals the need for more studies documenting and analyzing the effects of gender violence on the education and health of students in developing nations. A major gap in the existing research includes a lack of information on boys as victims, including recognition of homophobia as a root cause of much of the violence directed toward boys. The full report, including the 70-page annotated bibliography, is available on the Web at: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/pubs/unsafe_schools_literature_review.pdf. |