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Girls 'face sexual harassment routinely'

A UK poll has found that almost 66 percent young women say they have been subjected to unwanted sexual contact at school.

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A UK poll has found that almost 66 percent young women say they have been subjected to unwanted sexual contact at school.

The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), who commissioned the poll, found that of almost 800 16 to 18-year-olds, 29percent of girls questioned had been the victim of groping, kissing or touching while at school. Around one in seven (14 per cent) of the boys questioned said the same.

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