In the US, we have a big problem of students bullying other students based upon sex preference and other issues. Later, most students grow out bullying and move on to adulthood. The bullied-student may not have any major or lasting effects.
But in Congo, they have only basic bullying, so far. Boys bully or tease the girls. Many girls are discouraged by their parents, too. Later, most girls would drop out of school before completing high school. BUT, the bullied-girl will have life long effects of little or incomplete education.
In our rural village of Bulape, they have started girl only schools to combat bullying. Education is too important and too irreversible.
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