MOGADISHU, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sexual violations against children continue at an alarming rate in Somalia and there is little or no opportunity to seek justice, the UN children's fund UNCIEF said on Monday.
In a statement issued in Mogadishu ahead of the fifth anniversary of Somalia's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Oct. 2, UNICEF said harmful practices against girls including child marriage and female genital mutilation are widely practiced.
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