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Violence Against Girls in Africa During Armed Conflicts and Crises

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This is a report on a two day conference entitled Violence Against Girls in Africa held in Addis Ababa and hosted by the African Child Policy Forum, a pan-African organization working to promote children's rights. The report addresses the issue of violence against girls in Africa during armed conflicts and crises. Attention is drawn to the many different ways in which girls experience such situations and briefly presents some of the activities carried out by the ICRC to protect and assist them.

Contents
- Introduction
- Legal framework
- Forms of violence against girls in armed conflicts
- ICRC approach and activities
- Strategies and way forward
- Conclusion