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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protecting_girls_at_risk_of_rape_(8517653892).jpg This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development'. Lazola Bibi, 24, is a Child and Youth Care Worker working with the Isibindi programme (meaning ‘courage’). She helps care for Bongile, 15, a young girl with disabilities living in Xola Naledi in the Western Cape province. Girls with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to abuse and rape. Background In March 2013 the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women will meet to discuss how to prevent all forms of violence against women and girls. This International Women's Day, help demand action by sending a message to global leadersthat it's time to put a stop to this worldwide injustice. UK aid is working in 21 countries to address physical and sexual violence against women and girls and will be supporting 10 million women and girls with improved access to security and justice services by 2015. Find out more about how UK aid is helping to end violence against women at www.dfid.gov.uk/violence-against-women-and-girls For more information about the Isibindi programme visit UNICEF South Africa Pictures: Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development Terms of use This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development'.