Sex and violence at schools

16 May 2016 - 08:29
By AARTI J NARSEE

Sexual, verbal and physical abuse by an intimate partner - all endured by the age of just 13.Shocking new research published in the SA Medical Journal has exposed the physical and emotional violence that children face in intimate relationships at school.The research, at 41 public schools in Western Cape, surveyed almost 3000 Grade 8 pupils with an average age of 13.

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