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Safety and sexual violence: What do young girls have to say?
May 30, 2022 17:49 pm
The incidents of sexual violence have gone up lately in Nepal. The cases of Sushmita Regmi, Nirmala Panta, and another teenager who was sexually exploited by her own teacher, highlight the level of insecurity that girls experience in schools and in open environments. In this context, Manawi Shah and Samiksha Shrestha of My City talked to a few young girls from the Kathmandu Valley to learn their views about their security in regard to sexual violence and measures that the government and other stakeholders can take in order to create a safer environment for them.
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