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'DON'T FORGET US': THE
EDUCATION AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PROTECTION NEEDS OF ADOLESCENT
GIRLS From Darfur In Chad
H. Heninger, M. McKenna, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and
Children, July 2005
This document examines the conditions in a number of refugee camps
for people from Darfur in Chad, focusing on education needs and protection
from gender-based violence for adolescent girls.
The findings include:
* all refugee camps had education programmes. In most camps this included
primary grades 1-6, some adult literacy classes, and some preschool
* however, at the time of the study UNICEF had not provided adequate
shelters for schools, school supplies or guidance to teachers
or camp management due to a number of contingencies
* a major problem is the inadequate incentives given to teachers by
the UNHCR. School headmasters lost teachers who left their jobs
to make more money in other ways, such as selling firewood. The few
women teachers in the camps teach only the lowest grades. Young
people who have completed grade eight have no opportunities for education
or skills training
* thousands of girls and women have been raped and/or beaten in Darfur
and in Chad. In most camps there were reports of women who had
been raped by the members of the janjaweed militia
* in some camps programmes were being developed with refugee communities
to integrate and support mothers and their children born as a
result of rape. However, very little psychosocial assistance was available
to girls and women victims of gender-based violence.
Recommendations from the study include:
* NGOs and United Nations agencies need to keep pushing for girls
and young women to take part in decision-making in camp management,
youth committees, women's groups, and in schools
* all health care providers should immediately establish and implement
care for the survivors of violence following established protocols
* semi-permanent classrooms need to be built to protect students from
heat, wind, rain and sandstorms
* a programme of providing incentives to parents so they send girls
to school should be developed and implemented
* literacy classes should be available for all refugees regardless
of age or gender
Available online at: http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/Td_ed.pdf
Produced by: Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (2005)
From: http://www.agenda.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=739&Itemi
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