Child sexual abuse Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Teachers === {{Globalize|section|Africa|date=January 2024}} {{Main|Sexual abuse in primary and secondary schools}} According to a 2010 [[UNICEF]] report, 46% of Congolese schoolgirls confirmed that they had been victims of sexual harassment, abuse, and violence committed by their teachers or other school personnel.<ref name=fp>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/04/14/abuse_of_power_sexual_violence_schools_congo|title=Abuse of power|publisher=Foreignpolicy.com|date=14 April 2014|access-date=20 April 2014}}</ref> In [[Mozambique]], a study by the Ministry of Education found that 70 percent of female respondents reported knowing teachers who use sexual intercourse as a necessary condition to advance students to the next grade.<ref name=fp/> A survey by Promundo found that 16% of girls in [[North Kivu]] said they had been forced to have sex with their teachers.<ref name=fp/> According to UNICEF, teachers in [[Mali]] are known to use "La menace du bic rouge" ("the threat of the red pen"), using the threat of bad grades to coerce girls into acquiescing to sexual advances.<ref name=fp/> According to Plan International, 16% of children in [[Togo]], for instance, named a teacher as responsible for the pregnancy of a classmate.<ref name=fp/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page