The call accompanies the final report of its Female Voice in Violence project, which examined the impact of gangs and youth violence on women and girls in Manchester, London, Birmingham and Liverpool.
Although policymakers have addressed the issue since the project's first publication last year, Rota believes the current system still fails to identify serious youth violence as a specific threat to girls or treat it as a child protection issue.
The charity is now calling on the Department for Education and Ministry of Justice to commission an independent inquiry into experiences of vulnerable girls in male-dominated settings. Rota chief executive Elizabeth Henry said: "All children have a right to protection from violence, sexual abuse, abduction and all other forms of exploitation.
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