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Research uncovers high levels of intimate partner and sexual violence in South African schools, indicating urgent need for intervention.
A team of HSRC researchers, partners and collaborators conducted research at 24 schools in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape to provide baseline data for a programme to address sexual violence in South African schools. They found high levels of sexual violence, including intimate partner violence. This was accompanied by a culture of silence
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