Gone, Baby, Gone
Note: This article is written for a mature audience using explicit imagery Gone, Baby, Gone Violence and Girls in Africa In the blink of an eye childhood is gone as it dissolves into adolescence and then into adulthood. Girls, through-out the world, face unique issues as they mature into young women. In sub-Saharan Africa those issues can be not only challenging but life threatening as well. Violence is a major obstacle placed in the way of a happy and healthy childhood for young girls. Violence is so prevalent throughout the sub-Saharan region that a study by The African Child Policy Forum in Ethiopia found that every girl interviewed had experienced some form of violence at one time or another (Mugawe & Powell, 2006) . Poverty, cultural traditions and lack of ed...