HRW recently received a letter from the office of the President of Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa, stating that following his review of our report on sexual abuse of girls in Zambia and how this exposes them to HIV infection, he ordered the establishment of an interministeral program on the sexual abuse of girls.
Read the report at https://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/zambia/
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Commitment to Establish Program on Sexual Abuse in Zambia
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